RETURN TO GALLIFREY New Adventures of Doctor Who On-line simulation 11 PM ET, Weds., 9-6-95 in Sim City room. Keyword: sim. The Doctor, Ben, Tegan, and the Tardis' newest passenger, M. Daniel Delmin, find themslves landing on ancient Gallifrey -- before time travel and before regeneration. The Doctor has brought them there to gather evidence, evidence to prove what he fears -- that Timelord society was created not by altruism and technical genius, but by violence and a lust for power. They will confront the most powerful figures in Timelord history, especially Rassilon himself. What will they find on ancient Gallifrey? Will it be more than they bargained for? Is this a purely historical visit, or does it bear on the present as well? Join in and find out. T H E D O C T O R C H A R A C T E R B I O G R A P H Y Player's Name: Alfred C. "Tuna" Snider Screen Name: DRTUNA or asnider@moose.uvm.edu Character: The Doctor [regeneration ten] APPEARANCE Race: Timelord from the planet Gallifrey Sex: Male Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190 lb. Build: Stocky, large head. Looks: Neatly trimmed beard, brown longish straight hair, broad features and smile, quick moves. Clothing: [Normal garb] Pull-over v-neck sleeveless sweater with same "??" pattern as McCoy, light brown corduroy sport coat, hounds tooth wool pants, tan "hush puppy" suede high top lace ups, largish pocket watch. May wear a vest from time to time. Very large space warp pockets in sport coat. Doesn't wear hats. May from time to time wear some piece of previous regeneration clothing. Apparent Age: Early 40's. Actual Age: No one really knows, but very, very old. Recognition Handle: "The Doctor." He is missing the little finger on his left hand, cut off by Odo the Mutilator. He is always looking around. He often talks to himself in considerable monologue. SPECIAL SKILLS/POWERS Moves quickly. Can hypnotize some creatures. Communicates extremely well with various life forms, and is especially good at first contact. Very good with machines and gizmos, especially unknown technology. Has considerable telepathic powers [can edit brains with a touch of the index finger to the forehead of those who trust him, but he hates to use that power] but they tend to come and go and usually don't work on stupid individuals. Usually grabs something from his tool box before leaving the Tardis. K-9's head has been attached to the console, but it very rarely speaks, and usually acts as an auto-pilot. The Doctor does play chess with him from time to time. CHARACTER BACKGROUND INFORMATION (HISTORY): Character attempts to have a history consistent with televised Dr. Who stories. New Adventure and Missing Adventure histories, as well as previous histories in this sim, can be integrated but they need to be shared. Previous Doctor was killed by the Valyard, but his spirit refused to die, and with the help of the War Witch at the cost of her life, he managed to regenerate. This current incarnation of the Doctor has taken a while to find himself and to regain all of his memories. He tends to remember quite a lot from his time stranded on Earth during his third life span. To gain inspiration he sometimes travels to a point in his past just before he arrived and contemplates himself and his problems. He has doubted his courage, he has worried over his use of violence and force, he feels emotional pain and memories quite acutely, he has been obsessed by defending the laws of time, he has regretted the difficult moral choices he has had to make, he has had dreams and visions of Rassilon, he has been upset by things he has found out about Timelord history, and he has regretted his failures. His major failure was in being unable to prevent a number of criminal Timelords from escaping from Shada, the prison planet of the Timelords. He is interested in tracking as many of them down as possible. He does not want to "wander" in the Tardis, but to go places with a reason and an agenda. He is also not opposed to having fun while visiting fun places. Date: Tue, Sep 5, 1995 12:37 PM EST From: DanielC71 Subj: Brief Delmin profile Former Senator Manfred Daniel Delmin Age: 31 Physcial features: 6'0", moderate build, brown wavy hair, brown eyes, appears young for his age. Interests: Ancient Literature, Net Interfacing, Risky athletic Activities. Note: Goes by his middle name. He hasn't revealed it to Ben & Tegan although the Doctor knows it through historical record. The New Adventures of Doctor Who Online Simulation September 6, 1995 11-12pm eastern, in Simulations City "Return To Gallifrey" part 1: "The Ancient Dark Time" THE PLAYERS PLAYER CHARACTER DRTUNA The Doctor, a wanderer in time and space BenJacksn Ben Jackson, 20th Century Earth, British, Sailor MsTegan Tegan Jovanka, 20th Century Earth, Austrailian, Pilot DanielC71 M. Daniel Delmin, 24th Century Earth, former Senator Gail Who Thremix, Chief Bio-Scientist of Ancient Gallifrey Zeezorum Omega, Chief Stellar and Temporal Engineer of Ancient Gallifrey DrWho8 The Castellan, Manager of the Citadel of Ancient Gallifrey ValyardWho Rassilon, Founder of Timelord Society, Ruler of Ancient Gallifrey Timelady Tissia, Doctor's Mother; Loradnuropea Gail Who: {S dit} >>>Your monitor screens come to life with sound and light<<< Gail Who: >>>The image of DRTUNA dissolves into the image of the spinning TARDIS<<< Gail Who: >>>>>>The New Adventures of Doctor Who<<<<<< Gail Who: >>>>>>>>>>>>Return to Gallifrey<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Gail Who: >>>>>>>>Part 1: The Ancient Dark Time<<<<<<<<< Gail Who: >>>>>>>>Written by DRTUNA and MsTegan<<<<<<<< Gail Who: >>>>>>the music and credits fade away...<<<<<<<< Gail Who: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>BEGIN SIM<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< IN THE TARDIS DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor manipulates the controls as the Tardis materializes. : : : DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor looks worried, he shakes his head. : : : DRTUNA: # Dear friends and companions, I need to have a few words with you. DanielC71: # : : : to Ben: : : A few? MsTegan: # : : Turns to listen to the Dr.: : MsTegan: # : : elbows Delmin: : Shhhhh!! DanielC71: # Oof! DRTUNA: # Frankly, I need your help. BenJacksn: # : : : Rolls eyes: : : : oh boy! DRTUNA: # You know that I have been deeply concerned by what I learned on Liana. DanielC71: # : : : to himself: : : Liana? BenJacksn: # : : : Puts on a polo turtle neck gray sweater as the Doctor talks: : : DRTUNA: # That the gift of regeneration was actually a horrible crime.... DRTUNA: # And that Rassilon, the founder of Timelord society, was not a beneficent genius... DRTUNA: # : : The Doctor grows a slight bit angry : : : DRTUNA: # ...but Rassilon was actually just another power mad maniac. DRTUNA: # As you know, I was on my way to confront Gallifrey with these facts DRTUNA: # when the Shada affair took place. DRTUNA: # : : The Doctor winces in pain as he remembers Shada, DRTUNA: # he looks down at his missing little finger. : : : BenJacksn: # honestly don't see your problem Doctor DRTUNA: # They would have ignored an unpleasant fact like this. MsTegan: # : : Tegan shudders at the memory: : DanielC71: # : : : thinks: : : Shada? MsTegan: # You've said that before Dr. How can you be sure? DRTUNA: # # I need proof .. hard evidence .. recorded by the Tardis. DRTUNA: # # And that, dear friends, is why we have come here and why I need your help. BenJacksn: # You don't want to know mate >To Delmin MsTegan: # But how can we help? DRTUNA: # We find ourselves in a very unusual time and space. DRTUNA: # We are on the planet Gallifrey during the rule of Rassilon. DRTUNA: # I need you to gather information. DRTUNA: # Rassilon has just won the war with the vampires and is very popular. DRTUNA: # I believe that this is the time period where he will release the regeneration virus DRTUNA: # The time travel experiments will take place soon based on Omega's discoveries. DanielC71: # Who's Rassilon? MsTegan: # : : Perks up: : You mean we get to see Gallifrey? BenJacksn: # Messing with your own history 'ey Doctor? What about the laws of time? MsTegan: # Hey Delmin, this info gathering stuff sounds right up your alley! DanielC71: # Leave it me... no secret will be safe. DRTUNA: # # I have a suspicion that Omega was not cast into the anti-matter universe by accident. DRTUNA: # Rassilon may have done it in an attempt to murder him. DRTUNA: # # I need you to go and gather the needed information for me. DRTUNA: # Wear these rings and they will record all that happens around you. MsTegan: # : : Smiles at Delmin: : How can we gather the info you need, Dr.? DanielC71: # : : : takes ring: : : DRTUNA: # These rings cannot but tell the truth. And they will allow you to reach me DRTUNA: # if you have any questions during your mission. DanielC71: # How do they tell the truth? MsTegan: # : : Takes rings and passes them out to Ben and Delmin: : MsTegan: # : : Puts ring on: : BenJacksn: # : : : Studies ring: : : Looks a bit too fancy for me Doctor DRTUNA: # # I would go, but a scientist like Thremix would doubtless notice DRTUNA: # that I already have the effects of the virus. DRTUNA: # # Effects like two hearts, a lower body temperature, DRTUNA: # and the ability to regenerate. DRTUNA: # # I cannot risk being discovered. DanielC71: # : : : Puts on ring: : : MsTegan: : : Exasperated! : : Ben, just put it on!! BenJacksn: # : : : Frowns at Tegan, and puts ring in his pocket: : : IN LORD RASSILON'S OFFICE IN THE NEWLY BUILT CITADEL OF GALLIFREY Gail Who: @ <== Rassilon's office Gail Who: @ : : : Rassilon, Omega, Thremix, and Gimel in office: : : Zeezorum: @ No, respectfully, sir. We cannot go about it in that way. Zeezorum: @ It has not been tested and cannot be without the solar stimulation! Gail Who: @ So, Rassilon, why the rush to implement the plan? ValyardWho: @ We are on the brink of absolute power and we cannot stop now Zeezorum: @ -- Sir, I understand your dreams for a Golden Age...I understand the desire for Zeezorum: @ mastery of time Gail Who: @ Thremix>But there could be drastic side effects! ValyardWho: @ yes, Yes I am aware of the consequences, But We must move forward Gail Who: @ In fact, computer models indicate higher than 85% probability that a large portion of the Gail Who: @ population...perhaps as much as 10% ...may not survive! Zeezorum: @ I have worked on the issue all my life. But this cannot be done without more time... Zeezorum: @ Ironic, but that's just what it will take to make this safe...more time. ValyardWho: @ We don't have time, at least..not yet Gail Who: @ Is it worth risking so many of our people? Gail Who: @ And, Rassilon, what about the effect it may have on your popularity?? Gail Who: @ This very thing which you feel may bring you into power, may drain it away! Zeezorum: @ Temporal mastery will come, but according to my figures, if we act to drastically... Zeezorum: @ Time Space could fold in on itself. Zeezorum: @ We could plunge ourselves into a complete anti-universe. No one can live in a realm of anti Zeezorum: matter ValyardWho: @ We need not worry about these so called, side affects. Contingency plans are being taken Gail Who: @ Anti Universe?? What about complete universal obliteration?? Zeezorum: @ Lord Rassilon...you cannot do it without my support. And I do not support you! ValyardWho: @ Ahh..but I can Zeezorum: @ Lord, you cannot. Good-bye : : storms from the office: : Zeezorum: : : Moves through the grand hall, toward his office/lab: : ValyardWho: @ But I will...But I will Gail Who: @ Rassilon, you must see reason! Gail Who: @ Omega will never allow the stellar manipulation to be implemented before it's ready ValyardWho: @ : : : Sits back: : : one thing, Thremix, do you support me? ValyardWho: @ Well, do you Support me? Gail Who: @ : : slowly: : : Rassilon...I support your ideal Gail Who: @ However, I believe Omega and I have legitimate concerns about our people Gail Who: @ We should proceed carefully ValyardWho: @ yes, yes but be quick about it ValyardWho: @ Talk to Omega, I am much too busy IN THE GREAT LIBRARY OF GALLIFREY O Sillyman: $ : : : Tissia and Pharon are inside the great library of Gallifrey: : : : Timelady: $ : : : picks up _The Condensed History of Castrovalva_ and flips through it idly: : : Timelady: $ : : : puts it down in disgust: : : Complete pulp. I don't know *what* the Gallifreyan educational system Timelady: $ is coming to.... O Sillyman: $ : : : glances at book: : : well what do you expect picking up a work of fiction? Timelady: $ : : : laughs: : : O Sillyman: $ Tissia, I've been wondering, do you think the desert could support humanoid life? Timelady: $ : : : thinks about it, intrigued: : : Timelady: $ What makes you ask about the desert all of a sudden? Timelady: $ I seriously doubt it. There must be a reason it's stayed unpopulated for so long.... O Sillyman: $ Yes, but how do you explain us? we evolved! so our ancestors must have braved O Sillyman: $ the wilds of outer Gallifrey Timelady: $ That was a very long time ago, Pharon. Even if they were habitable, there's no chance any of us could Timelady: $ survive out there now. Timelady: $ : : under her breath: : : Especially not those pompous gits on the High Council! O Sillyman: $ true, we would need to re-train ourselves in the art of survival but I don't think it would O Sillyman: $ be impossible Timelady: $ : : : turning the idea over in her mind: : : It seems likely that we moved into the Capitol for protection Timelady: $ from the wilds, but perhaps they were never uninhabitable... and even if we had rendered them uninhabitable through technological "advances", they Timelady: $ should have healed by now. O Sillyman: $ Tissia, lets start back, it's getting late Timelady: $ : : sighs and puts her piles of books in the reshelve area: : : O Sillyman: $ : : : as they walk back Pharon continues: : : : we don't know that we destroyed the land O Sillyman: $ what if the planet has always been desert but the government doesn't want any one to O Sillyman: $ get ideas of "freedom" without ordered structure? that's what life on the desert could O Sillyman: $ mean Timelady: $ : : nods: : You know, it's almost as if they've purposely suppressed speculation about this. Timelady: $ : : as they return home: : There's almost nothing on the subject in the library, and what there is, is Timelady: $ very badly researched.... But of course we know the High Council would *never* do anything like that! IN THE TARDIS THE DOCTOR DISCUSSES THE UPCOMING MISSION WITH BEN, TEGAN, AND DELMIN DRTUNA: # # Thus, I have devised a cover for you to gain the information DRTUNA: # ... if you will go. MsTegan: # Oh boy! We'll be like spies, right? DRTUNA: # Well? Any of the 3 of you? DanielC71: # I'll be happy to help crack a Net or two but.. I'm still confused. MsTegan: # : : Speaks for all three: : Of course we'll go, Dr.! DRTUNA: # It shouldn't be dangerous, because you must interfere with nothing! Just observe. DanielC71: # And the ring will record all events we witness? Zeezorum: : : Moves through the grand hall, toward his office/lab: : BenJacksn: # : : : is fascinated by his ring: : : MsTegan: # This sounds fun, doesn't it Ben? DRTUNA: # Yes, the ring will record all. DRTUNA: # I raided Gimel's security files to create a cover. DRTUNA: # # Start putting on these quaint outfits and I will explain while you dress. DRTUNA: # Just pull them over your other clothes. DanielC71: # : : : thinks: : : Spandex? MsTegan: # : : Reaches for the outfit and spreads it wide to get a look at it: : BenJacksn: # Yeah Tegan, I'll take along Uma's cattle prod for fun too! DanielC71: # : : : Puts on outfit: : : MsTegan: # It looks like a Roman toga or something: ; BenJacksn: # No way am I getting into that Doctor! MsTegan: # : : Puts on outfit: : My sandals would go great with this, huh, Ben? DRTUNA: # # Well, your cover goes like this .. DRTUNA: # in the Southern Hemisphere there is a tribe with advanced mental powers but very little technology. DRTUNA: # This tribe is called the Kronians. DRTUNA: # Rassilon very much wants to make friends with them, to use their powers. DRTUNA: # Now the Kronians seek technology. So, Rassilon has invited them to visit. DRTUNA: # And Rassilon wants to impress them, so he has invited them to visit his two greatest scientists DRTUNA: # -- Omega and Thremix. MsTegan: # So we pretend to be Kronians and gather information? Sounds simple enough DRTUNA: # Your mission: find out if Thremix has the virus and if it kills; DRTUNA: # find out what Omega is really like; size up Rassilon for me; and come back safely. BenJacksn: # : : : grins: : : if you say so Tegan BenJacksn: # : : : Reluctantly puts on outfit over his clothes: : : DRTUNA: # And most importantly, DO NOT CHANGE THE COURSE OF EVENTS. DRTUNA: # You must swear it! Please promise me this. DanielC71: # I don't even KNOW the course of events! BenJacksn: # to Tegan and Delmin>'Ow the bloody are we to know what the course of events our? DRTUNA: # Just gather information, do not interfere or influence, Daniel. DanielC71: # I can do that... I think. MsTegan: # Well. not on purpose at least... DRTUNA: # Well, we have landed in a sort of junk yard you might find familiar, I did. DRTUNA: # Here are the directions to Rassilon's capital. MsTegan: # : : Tries not to giggle as Ben tries to walk in a Toga: : BenJacksn: # Doctor, I don't see why you need all three to do this, can I come with you? DRTUNA: # Of course, only one is needed, but I think they are expecting at least two. DanielC71: # : : : Copies directions onto NetLInk: : : DRTUNA: # Tegan, Daniel, will it be you two? BenJacksn: # : : : turns red at Tegan's laughing: : : MsTegan: # Well, I want to do the ring thing, and Delmin does too, right? DanielC71: I'll go! DanielC71: # MsTegan: # We'll meet you later, Dr.! DRTUNA: # Good luck. Contact me with the rings if you must and I will pluck you out of there. MsTegan: # We will !! : : Tegan and Delmin exit the Tardis: : BenJacksn: # : : : quickly takes off his Toga: : : DRTUNA: # # : : : The Doctor watches them leave the Tardis.: : : DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor looks at the K-9 head in the console. : : You hear that, old dog? DRTUNA: # If they call, take the Tardis right away and rescue them! BenJacksn: # : : : Looks at K-9 head, it always gives him the creeps: : : TEGAN AND DELMIN HEAD TOWARDS THE CITADEL MsTegan: # Come on Delmin! Can't you walk in a toga? DanielC71: # I can walk anywhere in anything. But I prefer pants... MsTegan: # I just know he seems to really need us to do this DanielC71: # Tegan... do you understand what the Dr.'s on about? MsTegan: # Not really. Most of what he says flies over my head DanielC71: @ Who is Rassilon? Why's all this so important? MsTegan: @ He's some big wig Timelord in the future. DanielC71: @ I thought we were in the past. MsTegan: @ We are! IN THE LABORATORY OF OMEGA Zeezorum: & : : Omega enters his lab: : Zeezorum: & : : begins work on his chalk board: : Eye of Harmony? Is he insane? Zeezorum: & : : continuing to work: : Carry the two... Zeezorum: & : : Shakes his head: : No, no. The power required is just too great... Zeezorum: & : : talking to his chalk board: : Something would have to actually enter the heart of the... Zeezorum: & : : Discouraged: : He'll never make it work. & :::A knock at the door :: Zeezorum: & Enter. Zeezorum: & - Oh, Castellan... Zeezorum: & -- On another errand for your dear Lord Rassilon? DoctorWho8: & : : : enters the office: : : _Lord_ Rassilon, I wish to see how the progress of the projects is going. Zeezorum: & - It is completely stopped...the energy required is too massive...if we unleash such energy Zeezorum: & - We could begin a massive chain reaction that turned our entire universe into an anti- Zeezorum: verse Zeezorum: & -- Castellan...You must talk to him. DoctorWho8: & Rassilon, I take it? Zeezorum: & -- Castellan? You take what? Zeezorum: & -- Will you talk to him? DoctorWho8: & You want me to see Rassilon? Zeezorum: & -- You must realize that this plan will be too risky! Zeezorum: & -- Look, : indicates the figures on the chalk board: : see for yourself DoctorWho8: & : : : looks at board and doesn't understand a thing because he failed the high maths: : : Zeezorum: & -- He talks of some Golden Age, but he is a fool. He wants generations yet unborn to think Zeezorum: & of him as a mythic god...the father of time. Well its not worth it to risk the universe Zeezorum: & to gratify his ego! Zeezorum: & -- We must stop him...will you help me? Zeezorum: & -- This is a waste of time...I must show these figures to Thremix. DoctorWho8: & I believe I can help you. Zeezorum: & - How? DoctorWho8: & I could spy on him. DoctorWho8: & I have access to bugging devices. Zeezorum: & -- Castellan, that's treason! Zeezorum: & - But maybe the only way... DoctorWho8: & But do you think what he's doing is not treason? Zeezorum: & -- We will talk about this later. I must show Thremix these figures. Zeezorum: & -- Wait. Maybe there is something that you can do for me, Castellan... DoctorWho8: & What is it? Zeezorum: & I need to talk to the people...make them understand what Rassilon's experiments could mean Zeezorum: & -- To their friends and their families... Zeezorum: & - Is there a way that I can get this information to the populace? DoctorWho8: & Try the Central Records. They should have the information needed. Zeezorum: & -- Thank you..: : exits the office: : TEGAN AND DELMIN ARRIVE AT RASSILON'S OFFICE DanielC71: @ : : : to DOCTOR: : : : We're about to head in. DRTUNA: @ TO DAN: Good luck. MsTegan: @ : : Tegan and Delmin reach Rassilon's office: : ValyardWho: @ now, who is it MsTegan: @ : : Knocks on the door: : Gail Who: @ Thremix> I don't know them, Lord Rassilon ValyardWho: @ Enter MsTegan: @ : : Tegan Mutters;; Here goes and enters office: : MsTegan: @ Good afternoon gracious sirs DanielC71: @ : : : Enters w/ Tegan: : : ValyardWho: : : Rassilon Mutters MsTegan: @ I believe we are expected? ValyardWho: @ Yes, What do you want MsTegan: @ We are Kronians, here to consider a possible alliance with Gallifrey DanielC71: @ Yes. MsTegan: @ We were told we could have a tour, and meet some of your greatest minds MsTegan: @ I hope all is ready? Gail Who: @ : : : Thremix holds pocket computer and recalculates fatality figures: : : Gail Who: @ : : : Realizes the outlook is worse than first thought: : : ValyardWho: @ Ah, Yes...This is Thremix our chief bio-Scientist MsTegan: @ : : Is visibly relieved they bought her cover: : Gail Who: @ : : : looks up at the sound of his name: : : Um, hello... DanielC71: @ Scientist Thremix... good to meet you. MsTegan: @ : : bows deeply to Thremix: : a pleasure sir Gail Who: @ My lord, is it safe to continue our conversation? ValyardWho: @ My Dear Thremix, Would it be to much of a trouble of you show them around? then We can continue our talk. MsTegan: @ Perhaps you could show us your office and tell us of your advances, Thremix? DanielC71: @ Yes. MsTegan: @ We would be most deeply honored Gail Who: @ As you wish, Lord Rassilon...: : : to Daniel/Tegan: : : come... MsTegan: @ : : Delmin tries to stifle a giggle at Tegan's fancy language: : MsTegan: @ : : Follows Thremix: : DanielC71: @ : : : follows Tegan: : : Gail Who: @ : : : instead of his office, Thremix leads them towards Omega's lab: : : DanielC71: @ : : : thinks: : : In any age, the smell of the corruption of power is in the air. ValyardWho: @ : : mutters to himself: : We must continue with our plans...We must continue MsTegan: @ : : Follows along, like a regal princess in her toga: : DanielC71: @ Is this your office, Thremix? Gail Who: @ Ahh...: : : Hears voice of Castellan inside and decides to double back: : : Gail Who: @ Er, no, I made a mistake, my office is along this way... DanielC71: @ : : : whispers to Tegan: : : A mistake? I think not. AT LORD RASSILON'S OFFICE DoctorWho8: @ : : : knocks on door: : : Lord Rassilon, it is I the Castellan. May I come in? ValyardWho: @ Yes, Do enter DoctorWho8: @ Lord Rassilon, I need to speak to you about a serious matter....treason. ValyardWho: @ Treason...You say? Is it Omega or Thremix? Maybe both? DoctorWho8: @ I am sure of Omega. He talked about it thoroughly. I'm not sure about Thremix, though. ValyardWho: @ I Knew this day would come, We must stop them, but not before they have outlived there usefulness DoctorWho8: @ I agree. ValyardWho: @ Is there anything else? DoctorWho8: @ None to report, sir. ValyardWho: @ You, do support me? DoctorWho8: @ Yes I do, Lord Rassilon. ValyardWho: @ If there is nothing else, I must have a visit with Omega DoctorWho8: @ Good luck, your eminence. ValyardWho: @ : : : Stands up: : : Good day. : : : Exits office: : : DoctorWho8: @ : : : decides to do his favorite thing, terrorize the villagers: : : DoctorWho8: @ : : : Or scare them at least: : : BEN AND THE DOCTOR ARE IN THE TARDIS BenJacksn: # Where are we off to Doctor? DRTUNA: # Well, Ben, shall we wait? BenJacksn: # Well can we 'ave a look at Gallifrey Doctor? DRTUNA: # It might be dangerous, Ben. BenJacksn: # : : : Laughs: : : So what else is new Doctor? BenJacksn: # Doctor I don't see the point being 'ere DRTUNA: # I need proof to show the High Council Ben. The truth must come out. BenJacksn: # So what if this Rassilon bloke was a mean little bloke, you got the powers now BenJacksn: # You use 'em for good DRTUNA: # I am weak in comparison. Something is not right with Timelord history. DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor sits and waits nervously. : : : DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor begins to pace. : : : DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor mutters.: : : DRTUNA: # A walk? Perhaps a little one, Ben. history! DRTUNA: # Well, I am going for a walk! BenJacksn: # Okay Doctor DRTUNA: # Come on Ben, I might need to be rescued! BenJacksn: # Gallifrey looks like a right nice place Doctor DRTUNA: # : : The Doctor to K9 head : : : Going for a walk. Come and rescue us too, if I call!: : DRTUNA: # : : : No response from K9: : : DRTUNA: # Cheek! I suppose you are ignoring me until you get your body back! Cheek! BenJacksn: # Doctor why do you keep the 'ead? BenJacksn: # It gives me the creeps DRTUNA: # To remind me of past foolishness. I did not appreciate K9 when he was with me. BenJacksn: # Gee : : : mutters Ben: : : I know 'ow K9 feels then DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor exits the Tardis. : : : IN THE OFFICE OF THREMIX, BIO-SCIENTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE Gail Who: ? Thremix> Come...enter. MsTegan: ? : : Whispers back: : This guy seems jumpy: : Gail Who: ? This is the biosciences lab that I have personally built MsTegan: ? : : Enters the office: : MsTegan: ? : : Whispers to Delmin: : I'll distract him, you snoop Gail Who: ? I have been working with micro organisms of great complexity DanielC71: ? : : : Begins to search for a recognizable info terminal: : : MsTegan: ? To Thremix> What a wonderful office Gail Who: ? Have the Kronians made similar advancements? MsTegan: ? : : Takes Thremix by the elbow: : No we haven't. Tell me about your work here MsTegan: ? : : Leads Thremix to the opposite side of the room from the computer and Delmin: : DanielC71: ? : : : Moves behind Thremix. Begins to crack a database w/ NetLink.: : : DanielC71: ? : : : to himself: : : NOTHING like the TARDIS. Primitive by comparison. DanielC71: ? : : : Begins to download data: : : Gail Who: ?: : : to Tegan: : : Well, it's rather complex and delicate work. MsTegan: ? What exactly are you working on now, honored sir? MsTegan: ? Before we will consider an alliance, we must know the direction your people are taking .. Gail Who: ? But we are attempting to bypass a genetic defect by introducing a virus... Gail Who: ? that will extend our life spans at least 10 times! DanielC71: ? : : : Reams of technical bio-genetic material.: : : I hope the Doctor can make sense of this. MsTegan: ? : : Exclaims: : Really? Is that possible? MsTegan: ? What a wonderful benefit for your society!! Zeezorum: ?- : : knocks: : Gail Who: ? It is as yet untried on the mass population...but tests and computer models worked MsTegan: ? So why do you look so glum about such a wonderful discovery? Gail Who: ?: : : falls silent at the door knocking: : : DanielC71: ? : : : to himself: : : I may not remember much of genetic biology, but this virus strain is a killer! THE DOCTOR AND BEN WALK THROUGH A SUBURB OF THE GALLIFREY CAPITAL DRTUNA: $ = Doctor outside, in Gallifrey suburb of capital. DRTUNA: $ : : : It is a beautiful fall day, sun bright but with a cool breeze. : : : DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor walks down a street away from the larger buildings.: : : DRTUNA: $ Beautiful, is it not, Ben? DRTUNA: $ : : : as the Doctor walks along things start to look familiar. : : : BenJacksn: $ It's a lot like earth Doctor DRTUNA: $ Why yes, this is a bit familiar. DRTUNA: $ Ben, This is Calidore, where I lived as a young adult! DRTUNA: $ : : : as The Doctor walks along, he realizes he is taking a huge risk.: : : BenJacksn: $ I can't believe you were a young anything Doctor : : : Ben laughs: : : DRTUNA: $ You know, Ben, I might very well meet myself in this neighborhood, DRTUNA: $ and I dare not do that. I must not interfere here. BenJacksn: $ Oh no Doctor, let's not let that 'appen DRTUNA: $ $ : : : The Doctor pulls out his watch and begins scrolling for data: : : DRTUNA: $ We are in luck, Ben. No, I am away on this date! No risk of a temporal double turn! DRTUNA: $ : : : Encouraged, The Doctor stands up and begins walking purposefully. : : : BenJacksn: $ Temporal whaziz? DRTUNA: $ You know, that time thing I am always trying to avoid. BenJacksn: $ Like you erasing Polly's memory when we met 'er in 1971 DRTUNA: $ : : : Frowns at memory of Polly & memory.: : : DRTUNA: $ Ben, that is a low blow. I had to do that! BenJacksn: $ Yeah, well, that's your story I still don't like it DRTUNA: $ Yes, I'll just take a stroll by my ancient domicile for old time's sake! DRTUNA: $ Care to see my roots, Ben? BenJacksn: $ Sure Doctor, lead on DRTUNA: $ : : : The neighborhood looks very familiar: : : DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor nears his former abode.: : : DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor is smiling : : : DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor sees two elderly individuals seated outside the building, DRTUNA: $ which is almost hidden by trees.: : : BenJacksn: $ : : : Ben is taking in the scenery, is very impressed with Gallifrey: : : DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor walks up to the two individuals: : : DRTUNA: $ Greetings, and how are you on such a fine day? DRTUNA: $ : : : Color leaves the Doctor's face as he begins to realize who he is talking to.: : : BenJacksn: $ : : : Looks at the couple: : DRTUNA: $ : : : The two are Pharon and Tissia, HIS PARENTS! : : : BenJacksn: $ Doctor? You okay? DRTUNA: $ Yes, I'm fine, just been walking a lot, that's all. BenJacksn: $ Sez you Doctor, you're right ill! Timelady: $ : : : looks up at the young men approaching them: : DRTUNA: $ Greetings, elders! O Sillyman: $ of course, but you.... : : : : looks at tuna: : : DRTUNA: $ And how are things in your household? Did you have a fighter in the vampire war? O Sillyman: $ : : : looks at tuna again: : : elders? we are not that Elder. DRTUNA: $ Apologies, friend. BenJacksn: $ : : : Shudders at the mention of vampires, thinks of Polly: : : Timelady: $ : : smiles at them: : : Hello anyway. DRTUNA: $ Do your children live here with you? Timelady: $ : : laughs: : Oh my, no! BenJacksn: $ : : : Thinks that the Doctor is doing something he shouldn't: : : O Sillyman: $ You certainly ask a lot of questions.... good, I like that. Timelady: $ We only had the one son, and he's off living his own life now. DRTUNA: $ And how has your son been doing? Got a good future ahead of him? BenJacksn: $ : : : Clear throat: : uh Doctor aren't ya gonna introduce me? Timelady: $ : : smiles at her husband: : : DRTUNA: $ Yes, I am John Smith, and this is my companion Ben. DRTUNA: $ : : : Hiding his emotions, The Doctor bows. : : DRTUNA: $ Well, I must be on my way. Best wishes for you and your family. Timelady: $ : : greets them both in the traditional Gallifreyan manner: : : Timelady: $ Thank you.... Timelady: $ : : to her husband: : What an odd man. But he seemed familiar.... somehow. O Sillyman: $ you know Tiss, I believe your right... do you have any relatives I don;t know about? Timelady: $ : : with a slight smile: : All thIS TIME, and now you think to ask me that. O Sillyman: $ : : : walks a bit: : : : hmmm I wonder what that old fool Rassilon is up to... RASSILON IS ON THE PROWL ValyardWho: : : Walks to Omega's Office: : : : : : Knocks: : : ValyardWho: : : Opens door: : : ValyardWho: % : : : To himself: : So, This is what you have been doing. ValyardWho: % : : Looking over equations: : : : : to himself again: : Omega, were you going to show me these findings? IN THE OFFICE OF THREMIX Zeezorum: ?- Thremix! Its me! DanielC71: ? : : : Stops immediately: : : Gail Who: ? Omega! DanielC71: ? ;: : Moves away from database: : : MsTegan: ? : : Clears throat: : Gail Who: ? : : : hastens to door and opens it: : : DanielC71: ? : : : Moves to Tegan: : : Gail Who: ?Omega, what is it? Zeezorum: ?: : enters: : You must see my latest figures : : hands over paper: : DanielC71: ? Tegan... MsTegan: ? I thought we were goners, Delmin! DanielC71: ? They're developing a killer virus. Why? MsTegan: ? : : Gasps: : I'm not sure! it might be what the Dr. wanted to learn!! Zeezorum: ? : : Notices the others: : Uh..hello? DanielC71: ? Hello. Gail Who: ?: : : reads paper: : : Does this mean what I think it does?? Gail Who: ?Oh, Omega, wait. These are Kronian representatives DanielC71: ? What is it Thremix? Zeezorum: ? There is no way that he could contain the power...it will not work. It will kill us all. MsTegan: ? : : Bows to Omega: : DanielC71: ? Is there some problem, sirs? MsTegan: ? Perhaps someone would enlighten us? Gail Who: ?: : : To Omega: : : I think it is only fair that the fellow inhabitants of Gallifrey know the Gail Who: ?Truth Zeezorum: ? Kronians...Good to see you....Thremix, may I have a word? MsTegan: ? Yes, we must know the truth before we agree to any alliances Gail Who: ?These people have Rassilon's clearance. DanielC71: ? Yes. Zeezorum: ?-- I think the only way that we can possibly stop Rassilon is to tell the people what he Zeezorum: ?...is trying to do. Once they understand how many would die from the virus, and how Gail Who: ?: : : pauses, then speaks: : : Agreed, Omega MsTegan: ? Do you mean to tell us, people will die from the virus? DanielC71: ? : : to Tegan: : : I think we're in trouble. Gail Who: ?Rassilon, our leader, wishes to create the power and ability of time travel! Gail Who: ? And to create a race of travelers who will not die out Gail Who: ? You see...we do not reproduce as we used to... MsTegan: ? Surely such a thing is impossible! Gail Who: ? without my regeneration virus we shall die out MsTegan: ? To Delmin> I think this may be important DanielC71: ? We cannot interfere! Please do not ask us to! MsTegan: ? You are right friend, we can not interfere. We can only observe, no matter how we feel Gail Who: ?It is only too possible, and my Lord Rassilon is eager to begin Gail Who: ? However, our precious population shall probably lose 20% from the virus Gail Who: ? The remainder shall become persons with expanded life spans and the ability to Gail Who: ?regenerate DanielC71: ? To save your race you'd kill 20% of the populace?! Zeezorum: ? : : to Thremix: : You seem almost in favor of this action, Thremix! Gail Who: ? So, some of you may receive longer lives. And many of you shall die. DanielC71: ? When men play God, everyone dies. MsTegan: ? I wonder about a people who would do this to themselves Zeezorum: ? Even if we engage the regeneration virus, there is still the temporal master issue, and Zeezorum: that can only lead to our deaths! Gail Who: ?I am not in favor of using the virus until I can perfect it. Zeezorum: ? Nor am I! MsTegan: ?Wait! What is this temporal master issue you mentioned? Zeezorum: ? I have developed the theoretical basis for time travel...but we cannot possibly enact it! Zeezorum: ? I almost wish I hadn't discovered these figures... MsTegan: ? : : Whispers to Delmin: : I'm scared, what if we mess up something here? DanielC71: ? : : : to Tegan: : : I hope these rings get this all down... DanielC71: ? : : : to Tegan: : : Just don't give them any ideas and we'll get the hell out of here. MsTegan: ?I'm afraid to open my mouth for once in my life! DanielC71: ? Be thankful for small favors, Delmin! Zeezorum: ? Give us your advice, fellow citizens of Gallifrey, what do you think we should do? Gail Who: ? Omega, what can we do? Perhaps the Castellan can help? MsTegan: ? We can not influence your decisions, sirs Zeezorum: ? I asked him for help...but he just sent me to the database for information. MsTegan: ? But perhaps we could learn more about this problem by speaking to Rassilon himself DanielC71: ? Yes. MsTegan: ? Could you take us to see him? Perhaps he has something to say about your dilemma Zeezorum: ?- Thremix, we must get this information out, despite Rassilon's popularity, the people will Zeezorum: see that he is insane! DanielC71: ? Did you say insane? Zeezorum: ? You want to see Lord Madman? MsTegan: ? : : Raises voice: : This is most distressing. We demand to see Rassilon! Zeezorum: ? Yes, I would call someone who wants to kill his own people, and unleash the power of Zeezorum: a star, for his own political gain, insane. Gail Who: ? I agree, Omega! Rassilon must be made to see reason! MsTegan: ? : : Walks to the door and exits: : Come on, we shall confront him before we agree to an MsTegan: ?an alliance DanielC71: ? In that case, we had better see him! Zeezorum: ? Come, Thremix, If they want to see him we shall take them. Gail Who: ?: : : Omega, Thremix, Delmin and Tegan march en masse: : : MsTegan: ? : : Exits the office: : DanielC71: ? : : : to Tegan: : : Is this how history is SUPPOSED to happen? Gail Who: ?: : : oh-ohhh, oh-ee-oh: : : : MsTegan: ? I don't know Delmin! I never made good grades in history! DanielC71: ? Oh fardles... MsTegan: ? We just have to hope we aren't changing anything I guess Gail Who: ?: : : Knocks on Rassilon's door: : : Funny, he's not in now Gail Who: ?Shall we show the Kronians your work, Omega? Zeezorum: ? : : to Tegan and Delmin: : Thank you for coming my friends, your presence may help us... Zeezorum: ...to change the fate of our doomed world! DanielC71: ? Um... yes. MsTegan: ? Well, we will have to base our decisions on what we have learned today MsTegan: ? Your hospitality is most welcome. Give Rassilon our regrets MsTegan: ? We have to go now!! DanielC71: ? Good-bye!! Gail Who: ?: : : the group go back over to the science area and find Omega's lab open: : : Zeezorum: ? My lab...Someone has been here! MsTegan: ?: : Tegan and Delmin make a hasty exit: : THE DOCTOR AND BEN CONTINUE THEIR WALK BenJacksn: $ : : : knows something is wrong with the Doctor: : : DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor dares not turn around as he walks away. : : : DRTUNA: $ To Ben: My family. I almost forgot I had one. DRTUNA: $ Dr. walks rapidly: : : BenJacksn: $ Blimey Doctor! DRTUNA: $ All this time I play the role of a lonesome traveler, but I have a home, and a family, and a place. BenJacksn: $ That 'ad to be 'ard BenJacksn: $ : : : Thinks of a wild idea: : : DRTUNA: $ Ben, all of that is gone now. I almost wish I hadn't remembered. DRTUNA: $ But I love them, my parents. I am proud of them. BenJacksn: $ It's okay Doctor DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor walks on, looking down, deep in thought. : : : DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor walks on. Deep in thought. How much more has he forgotten? : : DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor sees a figure approaching him in the distance. : : : DRTUNA: $ : : : The figure draws closer, It is a female. : : : BenJacksn: $ Uhm Doctor can I ask a favor? DRTUNA: $ Another Gallifreyan, Ben. What favor? BenJacksn: $ : : Sees female: : I'll tell you later Doctor DRTUNA: $ : : : Tallish, with long red hair and an athletic build, the noble figure approaches. : : : DRTUNA: $ : : : As they draw closer the Doctor can see her face. : : : DRTUNA: $ : : : SHOCK FILLS THE DOCTOR: : : DRTUNA: $ : : THE DOCTOR'S STEPS FALTER BUT HE CONTINUES: : : DRTUNA: $ : : SHOCK REMAINS: : : BenJacksn: $ DOCTOR!!! BenJacksn: $ You okay? DRTUNA: $ Ben! It is her! DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor realizes it is Loradnuropaea. His wife. His love.: : : Timelady: $ : : : walking along, lost in thought: : : BenJacksn: $ Who? DRTUNA: $ Lora. My wife. DRTUNA: $ : : : He knows she will not recognize him. : : He is thankful for that. : : : DRTUNA: $ : : : However, as he nears her, DRTUNA: $ he realizes that what he wants most in the universe is to run to her and take her in his arms. : : : DRTUNA: $ : : : And what he wants most he can never again do. : : : DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor shudders but smiles as they near. : : : Timelady: $ : : : smiles politely at the man ahead, the smile dimming slightly at the strange look in his eyes: : : DRTUNA: $ Ben, stand by me! BenJacksn: $ Sure Doctor, Count on old Ben BenJacksn: $ : : Is very worried about the Doctor: : : DRTUNA: $ Greetings noble sister! Timelady: $ : : nods to him: : Greetings. How are you today? DRTUNA: $ VERY Well. I am a traveler. My name is John Smith. Timelady: $ : : something itches at the back of her mind, but she dismisses it: : : DRTUNA: $ This is my companion, Ben. BenJacksn: $ : : : The girl reminds Ben of Polly, he sighs heavily: : : DRTUNA: $ I am loving this day and my experience of it. ::Doctor winces because he knows he is not telling the truth. ::: Timelady: $ : : smiles more widely this time: : My name is Loradnuropaea. DRTUNA: $ A beautiful name. Timelady: $ : : grins at him, dimples forming: : Thank you. DRTUNA: $ Do you come from the house down the road? Wonderful people there. Timelady: $ As a matter of fact, I was just on my way to visit them. They are wonderful people. DRTUNA: $ : : Dr. smiles weakly at Lora.: : : Timelady: $ : : gesturing towards the hose down the road: : You've met them? DRTUNA: $ Yes. Very polite to us. DRTUNA: $ I have been gone from these parts for a long time. O Sillyman: $ : : : comes up to the strange men and Lora: : : : Timelady: $ : : : laughs: : Did they tell you about their son? They are wonderful, but they spend far too much time Timelady: $ boring strangers with stories of how incredible he is. DRTUNA: $ Well, it is good to be proud of your family. BenJacksn: $ : : : Ben is uneasy and wants to leave: : : O Sillyman: $ : : : walks up behind Lora: : : and what is wrong with pride? Timelady: *: : : turns to greet her father in law more formally, blushing slightly at thoughts of her "incredible" Timelady: *: : husband: : Timelady: $ : : turns to Pharon, smiling: : Nothing at all, and you certainly have much to be proud of. O Sillyman: *I take it my son is off visiting that hermit again? Timelady: *: : nods, sighing: : Well, if it gives him inner peace, far be it from me to complain. DRTUNA: $ Well, best of luck to you. I must be on my way. DRTUNA: $ thank you, I must be on my way to meet friends. DRTUNA: $ : : : They exchange a brief handshake, and the Doctor turns to walk away. DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor is crushed.: : : DRTUNA: $ Ben, I am troubled. That was Lora .. my wife. DRTUNA: $ : : : Dr. walks swiftly away: : : : DRTUNA: $ My one true love, and I cannot stay with her. DRTUNA: $ How can I ever forget our time together, our children. DRTUNA: $ : : The Doctor is visibly shaking. : : : DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor takes Ben's arm for support.: : : DRTUNA: $ : : : Tears begin to form as he remembers her tragic death.: : : DRTUNA: $ : : : Something he has not remembered in a long time. : : : Timelady: *Hmmph. DRTUNA: $ : : : With Ben, the Doctor walks along. : : : DRTUNA: $ Back to the Tardis, perhaps. DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor and Ben near the Tardis. : : : TEGAN AND DELMIN RUSH TOWARDS THE TARDIS DanielC71: ? Where are we going, Tee? MsTegan: $ : : Back to the Tardis where it is safe!! DanielC71: ?: : Nearly running: : : MsTegan: ? : : Picks up skirts and really runs: : DanielC71: ?: : : Keeps pace with Tegan: : : MsTegan: $ : : Reaches the junkyard: : DanielC71: $ Then RUN! DanielC71: $ : : : Reaches the TARDIS ahead of Tegan: : : DanielC71: $ You need to work out more! MsTegan: $ : : Darn it Delmin! MsTegan: $ Ben never beat me!! DanielC71: $ Ben's a swimmer, not a runner! : ) DanielC71: $ You have the key, or are we in trouble? MsTegan: $ Well, you run pretty well for a guy in skirt! DanielC71: $ Think of it as a kilt! MsTegan: $ : : Laughs at Delmin: : What ever you say Scotty...Hey is that your real name? DanielC71: $ : : : Tegan & Delmin enter the TARDIS: : : DoctorWho8: $ : : : sees a strange box with people around it. Goes to investigate: : : DoctorWho8: $ : : : hears wrist-communicator beep and hears Rassilon speak: : : ValyardWho: % I shall Meet with You later, until then : : Wryful smile and A small cackle: : DoctorWho8: $ Right then, let me get back to the Capitol. : : : heads back to Capitol: : : : IN THE OFFICE OF OMEGA, WHICH WAS FOUND OPEN Zeezorum: ?Thremix...look! My Relative Dimension in Space!!! It has been disturbed... Gail Who: % : : : whirls around: : : The Kronians! Zeezorum: % Some one has entered the Time and its Relative Dimension that I had stabilized! Gail Who: % But who? Zeezorum: % I left that damn Castellan here!..but he wouldn't have the knowledge... Gail Who: % : : : looks over at Omega: : : RASSILON!! Zeezorum: % Come on, Thermix..Let's see if they are still in there. Zeezorum: % What? Rassilon? What are you doing here? Is this your doing? ValyardWho: % Is what my doing? Gail Who: % : : : Omega and Thremix shrink at the thought of what Rassilon may have in store for them: : : : Zeezorum: % Nothing. What do you need here, Lord Rassilon? ValyardWho: % I shall Meet with You later, until then : : Wryful smile and A small cackle: : ValyardWho: % : : Out of area: : : Zeezorum: % : : To Thremix: : Boy, that was surprising, I thought he was going to do something. Gail Who: % To Omega...he hasn't....YET BACK AT THE TARDIS DRTUNA: # : : : Ben and the Doctor enter the Tardis.: : : DRTUNA: # : : : Shaking and shaken, the Doctor plops down in his carved chair.: : : DanielC71: $ : : : Tegan & Delmin enter the TARDIS: : : MsTegan: $ : : Laughs at Delmin: : What ever you say Scotty...Hey is that your real name? MsTegan: # : : Stops laughing when she sees the Dr. and Ben: : DanielC71: # Doctor, what's wrong?! BenJacksn: $ Doctor I want ask a favor DRTUNA: # Yes, Ben? BenJacksn: $ Can you take me back so I can see my father? Please? BenJacksn: $ He died when I was 11, I miss him so much DRTUNA: # Ben, you and I are very much alike. We have had and must treasure our families from the past. MsTegan: # : : Sits quietly and worries about Ben and the Dr.: : DanielC71: # : : : Stands nearby: : : MsTegan: # : : Looks at Delmin: : DanielC71: # : : : Looks at Tegan: : : DRTUNA: # But we are always living in " now". Right now, we may be all the family any of us has. DRTUNA: # I have just seen my family, and what has it one for me? I am sad, shaken, and forlorn. BenJacksn: # : : : Ben has tears in his eyes, but hides them from Tegan and Delmin: : : BenJacksn: # Doctor, I have to see 'im MsTegan: # : : Walks over to Delmin: : DRTUNA: # The past, Ben, may not be the answer or any of us! MsTegan: # : : Whispers: : I'm worried about the two of them. DanielC71: # : : : whispers back: : : You have reason to. Gail Who: {S dit} >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>PAUSE SIM<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< From: Gail Who Subj: Thremix' log, 9/6/95 From the personal logs of Thremix recorded at that time...anyone trying to access them from current-day Gallifrey would never even know they'd ever existed as Rassillon had all but the most basic details and logs of Thremix eliminated...future Gallifreyans would never quite know the truth... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I know myself to be in a dilemma. I could be one of the greatest scientists our society shall ever know...or I could be a mass murderer! And all over the same event. The Lord Rassillon has great great plans for Gallifrey. His vision is for a race of people who can travel through time and space, throughout the universe. We could be all-powerful, though I believe Rassillon wishes this only to be a power used for good (at least that's what Rassillon tells me!). It is dizzying...to be able to explore the cosmos, anytime, anywhere...and perhaps to help others less fortunate than ourselves...to stop wars from happening...to cure plagues...to prevent economic disaster. There are the philosophers, of course, those that preach that we could do more harm than good with our "interference" no matter how nobly-intentioned it is. However, I do experience great excitement at the thought of Lord Rassillon's vision becoming a reality. But at what cost???? Omega has said that his quest for a power source by harnessing a black hole is not yet ready for reality. There is so much untested, untried. And then there is the plan to make our people a race of near-eternals. Since we cannot reproduce due to some genetic defect from long ago, I was charged with finding a way for us to live long lives so that time-travel ability is not a waste for a dying people. That is my job, and I know I have a virus that has worked on test subjects, providing them with the regeneration ability, a chance to renew their old or injured bodies and live a far, far longer life. However, the virus has also had disastrous results on a number of my subjects. My figures currently show, that at least 20% of the entire planet's population could be wiped out as the cost of giving the rest the regenerative powers that are part of Rassillon's plan for a powerful race of long-lived time travellers. I have so many doubts about implementing the virus now, but Rassillon pushes for completion of the project regardless. Given time, I perhaps can make the virus safe...but I fear I am running out of time. A pair of scientific observers from the Kronian tribes of the Southern Hemisphere have arrived. Rassillon asked Omega, and myself, to show them something of our scientific advances. Since the virus will spread worldwide, many Kronians shall also become long-lived, and Rassillon doesn't want to be catching them unawares only to have them cause trouble in the following centuries. This pair, a man and a woman, seemed most intelligent and interested in my experiments. Against Rassillon's judgement, I confided my worries to these two--after all we might be sharing eternity together. But not before I studiously avoided Omega's lab, where I could hear the Castellan talking inside. It wouldn't do to have the chief of all Capitol security know of my private conversations with another Gallifreyan tribe...especially as Omega and I, in another private conversation, confided our worries to each other that Rassillon might just be insane...powerful and insane...and ready to get rid of us now that we've provided the knowledge he needs.... From: BenJacksn Subj: Ben's Log 9/6/95 Ben's Log 9/6/95 Tegan expressed her concern over the Doctor and Ben to Delmin. Apparently the Doctor had a bit of a run in with his past, and it upset him. Ben was upset as well. Tegan knew that he was extremely attacthed to the Doctor, but something a bit more was bothering him. She was determined to found out what it was. They left ancient Gallifrey. Tegan and Delman gave the Doctor their rings and made their report. The Doctor sighed heavily as if they mearly confirmed what he had suspected all along. He punch the controls for "modern day" Gallifrey and then left the console room to be alone with his thoughts. Delmin was slightly exasperated by this. The former Senator was not used to being brushed aside so casually once something was over. Tegan tried to explain that it was nothing personal. The Doctor loved to take long periods alone lost in thought. It was his way, so to speak, and shouldn't be taken as a lack of concern. Delmin still wasn't too happy and decided that a nice swim was what he needed. He wandered off towards the pool and called for the others to join him. Tegan thought it to be a wonderful idea, grabbed a still shaken Ben, and made off to follow Delmin. As they walked, Tegan asked Ben what was wrong. His eyes were still red and he was lost in thought. Tegan> Okay Ben Jackson, spill it out. You won't get away from me until you tell me what is wrong. Ben> It's nothing Teg. Really. I just got upset over the Doctor. You think 'e's this tower of strength, like 'e's gonna take care of everything. So to see 'im shaken up got to me. That's all. Tegan> You're lying Ben. I can tell, you always look away when you try. I don't doubt you care for the Doctor, but it's something more. Now tell me what it is Benjamin. Ben> :::Smiles weakly::: Y'Know Polly always said that. Hard to put anything past 'er either. It's just....that...well I want the Doctor to take me back so I can see my father. Tegan is taken aback. Only yesterday was Ben asking the Doctor questions about an adventure they had in 1969 that apparently involved Ben's father. The Doctor ended up drugging Ben and erased is memory and any questions he may have about that mysterious adventure. Tegan is not happy about what the Doctor did. She still believed that Ben had a right to know. But this, to go back in time to visit his father, well...it sounded wrong. After all, the Doctor told her they couldn't go back to save Adric. Tegan> Ben, I don't think the Doctor can do that. It would mess up the time lines or whatever terribly. You could seriously change history. Ben> Oh, I know Tegan, I don't want to talk to 'im or anything. Just see 'im. I miss 'im so much. E's the only person who really loved me. It was times like this that Tegan wished she could do more or say the right thing to make things better. But, instead all she decided that the best course of action was to take his mind off things. Tegan> Well Ben, maybe the Doctor will sometime. In the meantime, I can guarantee that if you are going to be an old fuddy-duddy today, you're gonna get wet! I can here Delmin already in the pool. Let's go! Ben smiles again and he and Tegan go for a swim. From: DanielC71 Subj: Delmin's log Personal Diary of M. Daniel Delmin Location: TARDIS Relative Date: September 9, 2395 (?) Earth Ref. Date: n/a Ben was right, I wasn't prepared for the Doctor. He's more engrossed in his own thoughts than I realized. He sent Tegan and I on an intelligence gathering mission in the past on his own planet, Gallifrey, I believe. He told us all the facts once, rapidly, without answering questions. We were each given rings that recorded our experiences. I guess Tegan and I did all right, as the Doctor seemed pleased with what the rings told him. Not that he told me. Tegan gave me a nod and knowing smile to let me know the Doctor is always like this. I had a good swim in the TARDIS pool. It nearly made up for being kept in the dark. Ben & I swam laps for a while & he tired me out. Never try to beat a sailor in laps. I think Tegan is slightly miffed. From what Ben told me, I'm four years younger than her (although you wouldn't know by looking) and more fit. When I raced her to the TARDIS and won, she was taken aback. When Ben & I were swimming, I think she was analyzing my endurance. Trying to figure out what my limit was for the next race. A very competitive woman. I admire that. Ben and the Doctor were in a great fight when Tegan and I returned to the TARDIS. I'm still not sure what about, something to do with Ben's father. I haven't butted in; fathers are a subject on which one doesn't lightly intervene. Ben seems happier now; no telling about the Doctor. I suspect that what Tegan and I found on Gallifrey was what the Doctor expected. I got into Thermix's files & copied the info on his virus strain onto my NetLink as a back-up for the ring. Apparently I shouldn't have bothered; that ring is 3000 years ahead of my time at least. But the Link gave me a chance to look over the data again. It's been a decade since I studied genetic biology, but I remember enough to realize this virus is an incredible killer. Thermix said it was designed to prolong life, but I can't see how. I wish I could talk to Cassandra again. She might be able to crack this, given a week or two. Maybe I'll find out when we land. Apparently, we're still on the same mission and moving onto phase two. And no telling what the phase will be, knowing the Doctor. [end] From: MsTegan Subj: Tegan's Diary Tegan's Diary 9-6-95 Dear Diary, I had the chance to help the Doctor today, and for once, I don't think I let him down. I think that maybe for the first time ever, I did exactly what the Doctor wanted me to! He didn't even seem surprised. He just seemed to kind of take it forgranted. I wonder. Is that a vote of confidence, or a sign that the Doctor is really preoccupied about something? Or maybe he wasn't worried because Delmin was along. Probably it was the rings he made us wear....whatever. I'm just glad we didn't mess things up. He sent Delmin and I on sort of an undercover mission to Gallifrey. Our job was to gather information about two scientists and their experiments. A lot of it flew over my head, and I'm not quite sure what it was all about. I hate to admit it, but it was a good thing Delmin was along to crack the computers and get a lot of the information the Doctor wanted. I can see how Delmin can be a great help for the Doctor. I think the Doctor is working himself up into confronting the Timelords about something really important. He keeps mumbling to himself about Timelord crimes....I guess he's going to use this rackety old Tardis to run *to* his people instead of away from them; like I accused him of once before. I wonder if that's a really good idea. My experiences there weren't exactly the best I've ever had. I just plain old don't trust the lot of them! That whole Death Zone place gave me the creeps. I guess I just have to trust the Doctor when he tells me I didn't get to see the good side of Gallifrey. I hope I'm wrong about all this. Surely he can just send the information we got through space mail or something. I don't think I want to go back. Fretting about all this has really put me in a foul mood. I think I'll go into that room with all the screens and mess around with the flight simulator the Doctor set up for me. It's not as good as flying the real thing, but it will have to do. I miss being a bush pilot, the feel of the wind ripping through my hair as a Piper Cub roars and rattles through the sky.....Hah! If I could only get Delmin up in a real Cub, practice a few stalls and aborted landings, he'd get a thrill like he's never experienced before...pay him back for beating me in that race to the Tardis, drat him! ::Feeling better already, Tegan slaps the Diary shut, exits her room and heads for the game room:: The Doctor's Log Tardis timecode: zx44.23a.776991.rel I have a past. However, much of it is so long ago, when I was something of a different person, and I have been through so much, that it is often hard to remember. Or, maybe I don't want to remember. We landed on ancient Gallifrey. I was determined to gather data so that the High Council would have to face up to the dark truths from our history -- that Rassilon, our founder and greatest hero, was a power mad ruler capable of mass murder in his drive to conquer personal time (through regeneration) and universal time (through time travel). Tegan and Delmin agreed to do the data gathering for me under a cover story I concocted out of a raid on Gimel's security files. I would go, but Thremix would be likely to recognize me as having undergone the viral transformation. Also, Timelords have a way of recognizing each other, and even though Rassilon is not yet a full fledged Timelord I cannot underestimate his power. I fully trust them. Tegan is brave and innovates well in a crisis, and Delmin is extremely observant and good at cracking data nets. They make an excellent team. I also believe I can trust them not to interfere in the ancient history of Gallifrey. Ben decided to stay behind. He seems very pre-occupied. I wanted to stay aboard the Tardis while they were gone, but with Ben's urging and my own curiosity at work the two of us decided to go for a walk. After checking to make sure I wouldn't meet "myself" (I am off visiting my guru in South Gallifrey) I decided to just go have a look at where I had once lived. One of the most disconcerting walks I have ever taken awaited me. My past was to be paraded before me. I have lost touch with much of it .. especially the painful parts. I have grown so used to be a wanderer without a past and a home that I did not know how deeply I would be effected by my experience. I would meet up with the very things that my life currently lacks, but that I had formerly, and can have no longer. A family. A love. A true partner. I met and talked with my parents. They are gone now, swept away by events I dare not think of even now. They were proud and noble, intellectual and honorable, and helped me become a better individual. Did I ever tell them that? Did they know how much I loved them? I wanted to tell them, to embrace them, to commune with them. Instead, I had to smile weakly, wish them good day, and walk on. A void opened inside of me. A void I knew I could never fill again. What happened next was even more traumatic. The void would become a chasm. Walking towards us down the road came the most important person in any of my lives. Tall, athletic, red haired, with dimples when she smiled...which was often -- down the road came Loradnuropea ... Lora. My friend, my equal partner, my lover, my wife, the mother of my children, Susan's grandmother. How I had forgotten her amazing aura of energy and creativity! She must have thought me a fool. I stumbled through some small talk and quickly took my leave when my Father, Pharon, walked up as well. She thought I seemed familiar. Inside I was screaming out, "Yes, it is me!" but I had to remain silent. Our hands touched briefly and I turned to walk away. One last time to touch her. One last time to look upon her smiling face. As I walked away I felt empty. For all my adventures, and friends, and gifts, and memories, I had come face to face with the most important things that my life totally lacks now and may never have again -- an equal partner, a soul mate, a lover, someone whom I can look weak in front of safely, someone to build a future with. I was shaken to my core. Ben helped comfort me and we returned to the Tardis. It was good that Ben was with me. He knows what it means to lose a parent, to lose a soul mate, to be a rootless wanderer. We are more alike than it would seem, and in ways that are very important. Ben has his own familial issues. Watching me confront my personal past had an impact on him as well. He has asked to be able to visit his father, who died when he was 11. Having done what I have just done, how can I deny him? Tegan and Delmin did a wonderful job of gathering data. Delmin even broke into Thremix's computer and downloaded the entire structure of the entire viral sequence, information which might prove useful later. But we now have all the evidence we need. I am disturbed by my personal reflections, but my mission must continue. It is on to Gallifrey of the "present," to confront them with this data, and to demand that the celestial cover-up be broken. I am determined to bring this out into the open, but the memories and thoughts of my visit to my own past cannot be washed away so easily. New Adventures of Doctor Who Online Simulation Wednesday, September 13, 1995 11 PM-midnight ET Simulations City sim room, keyword SIM Deep witrhin the Death Zone on Gallifrey an evil consciousness is waking up after a long and tedious sleep. It wants power. Meanwhile, the High Council of the Timelords considers how they can retain and strengthen their power against any and all threats, including the Doctor and his evidence of high crimes. Into this vortex of power mad super-beings comes the Tardis, bearing the Doctor and his three highly adventurous companions -- Ben, a British sailor; Tegan, an Australian pilot; and Daniel, a one-time Earth Senator now on the lam from his own obituary. They bear news that no one on Gallifrey may be willing to listen to. Join the NEW ADVENTURES OF DOCTOR WHO Online Simulation Wednesday night, 9-13-95, 11 PM ET-Midnight, Sim City Room, Keyword: SIM Gail Who: {S dit} >>>Your monitor screens come to life with sound and light<<< Gail Who: >>>The image of DRTUNA dissolves into the image of the spinning TARDIS<<< Gail Who: >>>>>>The New Adventures of Doctor Who<<<<<< Gail Who: >>>>>>>>>>>>Return to Gallifrey<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Gail Who: >>>>>>>>>>Part 2, The Present Time<<<<<<<<< Gail Who: >>>>>>>>Written by DRTUNA and MsTegan<<<<<<<< Gail Who: >>>>>>the music and credits fade away...<<<<<<<< Gail Who: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>BEGIN SIM<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< DRTUNA The Doctor (10th lifespan) Wandering Timelord MsTegan Tegan Jovanka, 20th century Australian pilot BenJacksn Ben Backson, 20th century British sailor DanielC71 Manfred Daniel Delmin, 24th century Senator Timelordz The Doctor (8th lifespan) Wandering Timelord DRT/DanielC71 Rassilon, founder of Timelord Society Gail Who: Flavia, Ultra uncool stuffy President of Timelord High Council Threel guy: Threel, chief Bio-Scientist of Gallifrey DoctorWho8: Castellan Guy Smiley, chief of the Citadel on Gallfrey Threel guy Generic Timelord(s) IN THE TOMB OF RASSILON DRTUNA: IN THE TOMB OF RASSILON = + DRTUNA: + : : : The Tomb of Rassilon is silent. : : : DRTUNA: + : : : A few lights flicker around the sarcophagus. : : : DRTUNA: + : : : A glowing appears above the sarcophagus: : : DRTUNA: + : : : A whispery but powerful voice is heard : : : I AM HERE! DRTUNA: + Rassilon> Now is the time of my awakening! Now is the time of my return. DRTUNA: + Rassilon> I will not be denied. IN THE TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM MsTegan: # : : Tegan enters the console room excitedly: : MsTegan: # Dr., are we really headed for Gallifrey again? DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor is reviewing the information gathered on Gallifrey in the Dark Time. : : : DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor mumbles to himself, seems a bit upset. : : : MsTegan: # : : Tugs the Doctor's sleeve: : Doctor, I asked you a question! ! DRTUNA: # I'm afraid so, Tegan. Information must be used. DRTUNA: # Yes, we are going to Gallifrey. MsTegan: # I want to go on a sight seeing tour of Gallifrey, okay? MsTegan: # See, I found the Official Visitor's Guide to Gallifrey : : Waves it under the Dr.'s nose: : DanielC71: # : : : stumbles into the console room: : : MsTegan: # It says right here that you can go to the Ancient Gallifreyan Gallery of Flight .. MsTegan: # Machines. DanielC71: # Have we landed anywhere yet? MsTegan: # And you can really fly one! I've just got to fly again, can I go ...Please : : Whines: : DanielC71: # Tegan... Ix-nay on the ining-whay. DRTUNA: # No problem. Gallifrey has tourist potential which is quite untapped. BenJacksn: # Quit your whining Tegan, I'm trying to read DanielC71: # : : : flops down in a chair: : : Oy... MsTegan: # You guys leave me alone, or you'll be sorry! DanielC71: # : : : Hurrumphs at Tegan's ultimatum: : : MsTegan: # I won't take you up in the plane with me! DanielC71: # Plane? What plane? You got a plane? BenJacksn: # That's okay Tegan I don't have a death wish MsTegan: # : : Shows Delmin the Visitor's Guide: : No, but we can rent a classic! MsTegan: # : : Sniffs: : Suit yourself Ben! ! DanielC71: # Huh! Maybe the altitude will clear my sinuses. : : : sniffs: : : BenJacksn: # Didn't think Gallifrey allowed visitors, so why put out a visitor's guide DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor's mind seems miles away. : : : MsTegan: # I don't fly people who are afraid of heights anyway! : : Sticks tongue out at Ben: : DanielC71: # Ironic. I was exposed to a killer regeneration virus & all I caught was a minor infection. DanielC71: # Sounds like an awful t-shirt... : : : sniffs: : : BenJacksn: # : : : Mumbles, you'd think a 35 year old pilot would learn not to stick out 'er tongue MsTegan: : : Ignores Ben: : I'm going flying and anyone who wants to come along and can TAKE IT is MsTegan: # welcome to come along DanielC71: # : : : to Ben: : : Be grateful she's not a 35 year old pilot who kicks people. MsTegan: # : : Resists urge to kick someone: : DanielC71: # I'll come, Teeg! Just be nice to a sick man... : : : coughs: : : BenJacksn: # Sez you mate, I've got the bruises to prove it. Timelordz: # : : A low voice can be heard..almost inaudible inside the Tardis: : Beware..the tomb DRTUNA #:::The Doctor stops::: DRTUNA # Did anyone hear that? Hello? Anyone here listening? DanielC71: # : : : tucks in shins: : : MsTegan: # Well, I guess I can try to be nice, no promises though, Delmin DRTUNA: # So, fancy a chance to compare Gallifrey-past with Gallifrey-present? DRTUNA: # The flora and fauna are fairly friendly. DRTUNA: # : : The Doctor sets the controls. : : : DRTUNA: # # Next stop, Gallifrey. Feel free to look about, DRTUNA: # or come with me to confront the High Council. They should be expecting me. I told them I was coming. BenJacksn: # : : : Ben is wanting to visit his father but can't: : : DanielC71: # Sure... As long as the flora is nice to my nasal passages. : : : blows nose: : : MsTegan: # Yes! Yes! : : Thank you Dr.! : : Throws arms around Tuna's neck: : MsTegan: # I'll go exploring and meet you back here later. MsTegan: # Coming Delmin? BenJacksn: # Crickey Doctor, I'll pass on both DanielC71: # : : : stands slowly: : : Yup... DRTUNA: : : : TARDIS LANDS ON GALLIFREY: : : DRTUNA: # Well, here we are. We have landed in the Citadel. And, we are expected! DRTUNA: # Well, who's for tourism and who's for coming with me to see the High Council? MsTegan: # : : Tegan bolts out the Tardis doors waving the visitor's guide: : Let's go Delmin! ! DanielC71: # : : : groggily follows Tegan: : : DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor exits the Tardis. : : : MsTegan: # : : Almost skipping with glee: : The chance to fly again! Yeah! BenJacksn: # : : : Ben follows the Doctor, one can almost see the dark cloud over his head: : : IN THE LAVISH CHAMBERS OF THE HIGH COUNCIL OF THE TIMELORDS OF GALLIFREY Gail Who: @ = high council chambers Gail Who: @ : : : Flavia speaks with the Castellan: : : ...and thank you for your report, good Castellan Threel guy: @ So, is this issue about the toilet paper in the High Council rest room resolved yet, or what? Threel guy: @ The last time this came up, it was pretty tedious. Gail Who: @ Flavia>Threel, I shall issue a memo to the council on the subject DRTUNA: @ :: SCREEN FLASHES:: Message to HC. Gail Who: @ Flavia> And as to the proper use of memos--- wait? what is this message incoming? Gail Who: @ Castellan, please bring this up on the speaker Threel guy: @ Good idea Flavia, although I doubt that memos... yes, a message! DoctorWho8: @ : : : turns up speaker: : : : @ ::::WORDS ON SCREEN::: THIS IS RASSILON DRTUNA: @ Message from Rassilon> My friends, my brothers and sisters. DRTUNA: @ Message from Rassilon> Oddly enough, I speak to you from my tomb, but my essence lives! DRTUNA: @ Message from Rassilon> I am Rassilon, your forefather and founder. Gail Who: @ : : : wide eyed, whispers: : : : Rassillon! ? DRTUNA: @ Ras> Confirm the origin of my signal and be sure! Threel guy: @ Rassilon?! ! How could it be? That's scientifically unfeasible! Gail Who: @ Castellan? Threel? Gail Who: @ Can this be true? From where does the signal originate? Threel guy: @ (to Flavia) I can't tell. It seems to be coming from nowhere and everywhere at once. DoctorWho8: @ : : : gasps: : : Oh my giddy Uncle Bertha..... DoctorWho8: @ Maybe it's in the Death Zone, from the Tomb itself. DRTUNA: @ Message from Rassilon> Through an act of will and forethought, DRTUNA: @ Ras> I have awakened. I request that you open my tomb DRTUNA: @ Ras> and bring to me a new body that I may join you. DRTUNA: @ Message from Rassilon> Together, we can help each other. Threel guy: @ Awakened??? Ha! A new body! Gail Who: @ Flavia>Well, Castellan Guy, please track down the signal. We must be sure! DRTUNA: Message from Rassilon> I long to rejoin you in service to our people! I await your assistance. Threel guy: @ Rassilon would have us regenerate him! Do the impossible! As if we would if we could... DRTUNA: Message from Rassilon> Lower the force field around the Death Zone DoctorWho8: @ : : : tracks the signal: : : Gail Who: @ Lord Rassillon! What can we do for you? DRTUNA: Message from Rassilon> and allow me to join you in a new body. Gail Who: @ : : : thinks, if this is Rassillon then he's insane! Lower the force field?: : : : : DRTUNA: @ Message from Rassilon> My powers are weak. Help me. DoctorWho8: @ It is coming from the Death Zone, Madame President. DRTUNA: @ Ras> I, your forefather, await your rescue. Threel guy: @ : : : Thinks: : : WHY would Rassilon want a new life? And why would he want one NOW??? Gail Who: @ : : : looks around the room: : : : Thank you Castellan...: : : puts Rassillon on hold: : : Threel guy: @ : : : Thinks back to the last Rassilon incident, and shudders: : : DRTUNA: @ Ras> I await your rescue. Rassilon out. Gail Who: @ Lord Rassillon, a moment, please... Threel guy: @ Rescue? Do you hear that, fellow Timelords of the High Council? Gail Who: @ Well? This is unprecedented. Never in Timelord history has a hero come back to us... Threel guy: A RESCUE? The MOST POWERFUL TIMELORD OF ALL TIME wants us to RESCUE him? Gail Who: @ certainly no one of Rassilon's stature! Gail Who: @ Threel, it does seem most strange. Threel guy: @ I smell something strange in this... DoctorWho8: @ Maybe being in that Tower really puts a bugger on you. Gail Who: @ I hate to think it, but if Rassillon is indeed arisen, as my senses say is true... Gail Who: @ then we become most expendable. The people have no need of a high council Threel guy: @ Almost as strange as an unproductive experiment Gail Who: @ Threel, Guy? Opinions? Suggestions? Threel guy: @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord)YES! MY THOUGHT EXACTLY! Threel guy: @ USELESS! ! Completely useless! DoctorWho8: @ But what if it is not Lord Rassilon, but an impostor who wants to be Rassilon and wants a new body? Threel guy: @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord) That is my worst fear... why would a powerful time lord want our help. TEGAN AND DELMIN HEAD TOWARDS THE GALLIFREY ANTIQUITIES AIRPORT MsTegan: * Tegan and Delmin follow the map in the Visitor's guide to the Antiquities Airport: : DanielC71: * Hooray... DanielC71: * : : follows Tegan: : : MsTegan: * To Delmin> You'll see this will be great! DanielC71: * How so? MsTegan: * The wind whipping our hair, the thrill of take off! I'm a great pilot! MsTegan: * : : rents a Gallifreyan Glider : : DanielC71: * : : : considers if the plane will have enough room for him to lie down & take a nap in the back: : : DanielC71: * : : : thinks: : : These Gallifreyans are a stiff lot. MsTegan: * : : Takes a headset, and listens to the preplanned flight plan she MUST follow: : MsTegan: * : : Agrees to anything, for the chance to fly: : DanielC71: * : : : Folds himself into co-pilot seat for a cat nap: : : MsTegan: * All right Delmin, we're all set, let's go DanielC71: * Onward... MsTegan: * : : Starts Prop: : MsTegan: * : : Goes through pre-flight check: : MsTegan: * You don't seem scared, Delmin DanielC71: * In my day we just pushed a button. T-MAT and all that. MsTegan: * : : Taxis down the run way: : DanielC71: * Besides, I'm too stuffed up to be scared. IN THE TIME CAPSULE LANDING BAY, INSIDE THE CITADEL DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor looks around at the landing bay and takes a deep breath. : : : DRTUNA: $ Kind of stale air, eh Ben? BenJacksn: $ This is clean air compared to East London Doctor DRTUNA: $ You would think with all this technology they could do something about this stale air. DRTUNA: $ Maybe they feel comfortable in it? DRTUNA: $ : : : Citadel guards appear to accompany them to the High Council chamber. : : : DRTUNA: $ : : : The Doctor follows the guards as indicated, towards the High Council Chamber: : : IN THE HIGH COUNCIL CHAMBER Gail Who: @ Castellan, what is that signal that just sounded? A time capsule arrival? DoctorWho8: @ I believe so. I'll go check it out, Madame Pres. Gail Who: @ : : : thinks, an unexpected time capsule, AND Lord Rassillon: : : Gail Who: @ : : : too coincidental by far: : : : DoctorWho8: @ Madame President, may I be dismisses to check the landing bay? Gail Who: @ Of course, Castellan Gail Who: @ Please keep me advised Threel guy: @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord # 2) All this skepticism! What kind of rulers have we become? Threel guy: @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord # 2) That we don't trust a great hero? DoctorWho8: : : : skips and jumps and presses wild flowers: : : Threel guy: @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord # 1) Uoooh. Something strange... in the air.... I'm feeling... Threel guy: : : : turns to Threel, and suddenly notices how lovely he looks in the evening light: : : Threel guy: @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord) : : : looks at Threel with great passion : : : DRTUNA: @ : : : Doctor to Guard: : : Well, announce us! The Doctor and Ben Jackson. Gail Who: @ : : : thinks, I wonder if that's the Doctor's time capsule arriving...: : : Threel guy: @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord) : : : thinks to self: : : why have I never noticed my feelings? Gail Who: @ : : : my recall hopefully got through: : : : Threel guy: @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord # 2) : : : Developing deep red patches on his arm: : : Gail Who: @ : : : but I wonder which Doctor and from when? He's so unreliable...: : : DRTUNA: @ : : Impatient, the Doctor bursts through the door into the HC Chamber. : : : DoctorWho8: @ YOU CANT GO IN THERE! ! ! BenJacksn: @ : : : follows Doctor: : : Gail Who: @ : : : Flavia is shocked: : : Lord! Your skin! DRTUNA: @ Chancellor Flavia, now Lord President, I presume! DRTUNA: @ And so many honored Timelords, Gail Who: @ : : : nods regally: : : DRTUNA: @ I am pleased you have agreed to meet with me on such short notice. DRTUNA: @ I have something of the highest moral importance to discuss with you. DoctorWho8: @ And who are you, sir? Gail Who: @ : : : then extends her hands: : : My dear Doctor, you are most welcome as you know Gail Who: @ And you come to us, as always, at a time when you are needed. DRTUNA: @ Why, I am the Doctor, and this is Ben Jackson. You just be the new Castellan! Gail Who: @ Look upon the faces in the council room..Timelords are falling ill... Threel guy: @ @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord # 1 )Why do I feel so.... suddenly faints. DRTUNA: @ I have loaded the data into the matrix, please review it on your screens. DoctorWho8: @ The Doctor, eh? I'm Castellan Guy Smiley. BenJacksn: @ : : : Sees the timelord HC and is not impressed, reminds him of decadence: : : DRTUNA: @ Shall I begin my presentation? IN THE LANDING BAY ON GALLIFREY Timelordz: @ : : : Another Time capsule materializes in the landing bay: : : Timelordz: @ : : A familiar Blue box with a flashing yellow light on top: : : : Timelordz: @ : : : slams door open: : I will NOT be treated in this manner! Timelordz: @ : : : : looks around the landing bay to see no one: : : : Hmm Typical..they drag me through Timelordz: all of time and space and don't bother to send someone to greet me Timelordz: @ : : : Begins walking out of the landing bay..pulling on glasses and walking through the corridor Timelordz: @ : : : nods to fellow Timelords as he finally reaching the Lord Presidents Office doors: : : IN THE TOMB OF RASSILON DRTUNA: + Rassilon> Why have they not responded? Do they reject my offer? DoctorWho8: : : : goes off to the landing bay: : : DRTUNA: + If they choose to ignore me, they will suffer! DRTUNA: + Rassilon> I shall not be snubbed like this. DRTUNA: + Rassilon> : : : Silver canisters rise to the roof of the tomb. They flash and vanish. : : : DRTUNA: + Rassilon> Now, these ignorant upstarts shall feel my power. My mutant virus will bring them to heel! IN THE HIGH COUNCIL CHAMBERS Timelordz: @ : : : Enters the LP's Office.: : Correction..I AM the Doctor Timelordz: Why have I been called back to Gallifrey? Timelordz: : : ignores Ben and Tuna: : : Threel guy: @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord # 2) Love? What is this crap? : : : looks at his hands in horror: : : DoctorWho8: @ Oh dear, temporal recursion strikes again. Gail Who: @ Castellan! Please arrange to have Lord Gen1 taken to the medical centre Timelordz: @ : : turns slowly around to see Tuna and Ben: : : Threel guy: @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord # 2) I must be going MAD! That I would succumb to such a human Threel guy: @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord # 2) emotion, at that! DRTUNA: @ : : : The Doctor sees his previous self: : : Timelordz: @ Oh dear...we are in trouble aren't we? DRTUNA: @ Something I don't like about this! DoctorWho8: @ Right away Madame President. : : : takes Lord Gen1 to med labs: : : Gail Who: @ : : : looks from Tuna to Timelordz: : : : Oh no... DRTUNA: @ In any case, if I can have your attention for a moment, all of us.... Gail Who: @ : : : Flavia sighs: : : DRTUNA: @ First, our ability to regenerate and our multiple vital systems are a result of a virus. Timelordz: @ Virus? What Virus? DRTUNA: @ This virus was developed by Thremix, noted bio-scientist of that time. Timelordz: @ : : steps towards Tuna: : Hmmm I cant say your flair for clothing has improved DRTUNA: @ My clothes are adequate. Threel guy: @ VIRUS! ! ! OF course! ! ! Threel guy: @ : : : Mumbles to self: : : that would explain the fluctuation in the austral radiolon shield, too: : : DRTUNA: @ You see, when infected, the population of our planet was changed. DRTUNA: @ between 10 and 20% died in horrible agony. DRTUNA: @ About 20% became Timelords, 60% had nothing happen to them, Timelordz: @ : : looking totally confused: : : Oh do get on with it DRTUNA: @ Rassilon was so anxious for a long life that he killed his people to get it. DRTUNA: @ To him, mass murder was a tool of politics. Timelordz: @ Oh Nonsense and poppycock DRTUNA: @ I believe, and these facts will show, that he did this with malice and forethought. DoctorWho8: @ : : : comes back into the office: : : DRTUNA: @ Our society is based on the lie of a noble Rassilon. DoctorWho8: @ What did I miss? DRTUNA: @ Yet, the High Council has done much to hide that fact. Timelordz: @ Do you have solid proof of this? DRTUNA: @ I demand that the High Council divulge these facts and honestly face our past. DRTUNA: @ The matrix has been loaded with this information. Gail Who: @ : : : looks at Castellan and waves vaguely at the new arrivals: : : Timelordz: @ I think at this point..I should..er we should worry about this Virus don't you? DRTUNA: @ ... we may learn to avoid future such abuses of power. Threel guy: @ @ (GENERIC High Council Time lord # 3) How dare you blaspheme us without such proof! DoctorWho8: @ Oh no...the two Doctors.... Threel guy: @ Yes, yes, of course! What have I been thinking! ! ! I have been slightly dazed myself... Must hurry Threel guy: @ : : : shuffles off to his laboratory: : : Timelordz: @ I think one of us should go to the Tower Timelordz: and confront Rassilon Timelordz: @ Try to talk some reason into him BenJacksn: @ : : : Ben is in the shadows unseen by the HC: : : DRTUNA: @ : : : The Doctor nervously eyes his previous self.: : : DRTUNA: @ I would urge that the two of us keep a safe distance, sir. Timelordz: @ I volunteer..and Benjamin will go with me Timelordz: @ : : smiles at the hiding Ben: : : DRTUNA: @ Why the tower? What aren't you telling me, Flavia? Timelordz: @ : : turns to Flavia then Tuna.. Telling US Gail Who: @ : : : sees Ben in the shadows: : : You're not the Doctor too, are you? Timelordz: @ Oh of course not..he is one of my ..er our companions DRTUNA: @ : : : VOICE: : INCOMING MESSAGE FROM DEATH ZONE BenJacksn: @ No ma'am that I'm not Timelordz: @ Always getting into trouble.. aren't you Ben? BenJacksn: @ If you say so Doctor : : : looks down: : : DoctorWho8: @ Here he comes... Gail Who: @ Wait! Listen! @ :::THE VIEW SCREEN FLASHES: "HEAR THE WORD OF RASILON":::: DRTUNA: @ Message from Rassilon> You have chosen to ignore and disobey me. DRTUNA: @ : : : The Doctor is shocked: : : Rassilon? Timelordz: @ Oh do be quiet and let him speak DRTUNA: @ Message from Ras> I am your true lord. Release me and supply me with a new body or... Gail Who: @ : : : Nods: : : Rassillon. We're not sure how or why... DRTUNA: @ Message from Rassilon> ...every Timelord shall die! Timelordz: @ Lord Rassilon..Hear me..this is the Doctor DRTUNA: @ RAS> Your time is short. Learn the wisdom of obedience! Timelordz: @ Allow myself and my companion safe passage to the Tower Timelordz: and we can talk about what you want! DRTUNA: @ Ras> Obey, do not debate! Gail Who: @ : : : To Tuna's Doctor, quietly: : : Can you three go to the Tower and handle this? Timelordz: @ I can give you what you want! DRTUNA: @ Ras> COME IF YOU DARE! DRTUNA: @ HONESTLY FLAVIA, it is too dangerous for us to be together. I might be of more use on this virus. DRTUNA: @ This virus would seem to be Rassilon's threat! DRTUNA: @ I can't go about teaming up with myself, it is too dangerous! The time stream... Timelordz: @ Agreed..Madam Flavia Timelordz: @ : : : walking towards the door: : : Coming Benjamin? Gail Who: @ : : : puts her hand on Tuna's arm: : : I understand...you can help Threel...Threel?? Gail Who: @ Now where did she go? BenJacksn: @ Yes Doctor...er Doctor DRTUNA: @ I am on my way! DRTUNA: @ : : : The Doctor angrily stomps out of the High Council Chamber.: : : Timelordz: @ Flavia..Ben and I will go to the Tower Gail Who: @ Thank you Doctor, and Doctor, and Benjamin Timelordz: @ Can you transmat us into the Death Zone safely? Gail Who: @ Of course, step over to the pad, there Timelordz: @ : : moves along to the TMAT Pad: : Come along Ben Timelordz: @ Just stand on the Pad like a good lad Gail Who: @ : : : stops Timelordz: : : oh and take this : : : passes recall device over: : : BenJacksn: @ Just why do you need me Doctor? Timelordz: @ : : smiles : : Old times Ben, Eh? Timelordz: @ : : takes the Recall device: : : : BenJacksn: @ What do you mean? BenJacksn: @ You 'aven't met me yet Timelordz: @ : : : before he can answer the TMAT Activates : : : : : BenJacksn: @ Or something Timelordz: @ The Doctor and Ben TMAT into the Death Zone : : : : : BIO-SIENTIST THREEL WALKS TOWARDS THE MED CENTER Threel guy: @ ! (Corridor): : What could affect us this way? Why would some of us suffer from splotchy skin and Threel guy: @ ! (Corridor) and others fall faint? This virus has multiple routes... and from the Threel guy: @ ! rapid nature of its development, it seems to be at least a level 4 virus, if not 5! Threel guy: @ ! : : : earlobe pops: : : AAAAAAAHHHH! Threel guy: @ ! : : : sways back and forth down the corridor, finally slumping in a corner, bleary eyed: : : Threel guy: @ ! : : : listens to the voice, vaguely thinking how it reminds him of his fourth regeneration: : : Threel guy: @ ! : : : when he was younger looking, and not quite so stocky: : : Threel guy: @ ! : : : he sways again, his ear hits the wall, and the pain from the contact makes him wince Threel guy: @ ! : : : and he blacks out temporarily: : : Threel guy: @ ! : : : Suddenly jolts upright: : : (out loud to self) The MATRIX! ! ! OF COURSE! ! ! ! THE DOCTOR WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAYS OF THE CITADEL ENTERS THE MED LAB DRTUNA: ! : : : The Doctor heads off in the direction of the bio-medical section. : : DRTUNA: ! : : Doctor looks for Threel: : : DRTUNA: ! There seems to be an unusual amount of ill Timelords around here. I wonder... Threel guy: @ ! : : : struggling to put one foot in front of the other: : : I must get to the laboratory and feed into Threel guy: @ ! the matrix before it's too late.... DRTUNA: ! Threel, how have you been! Not since the Terrible Zodin have we crossed paths! DRTUNA: ! What is the situation? An epidemic of some sort? Threel guy: ! Oh, I've been better... (Winces as his ear throbs) Threel guy: ! But I think I have an idea on how to beat this virus... DRTUNA: ! Have you a view slide of the virus? DRTUNA: ! : : : The Doctor looks at the slide. : : : DRTUNA: ! Of course, this is a mutation of Thremix's original virus. Threel guy: ! yes, I do, in fact, from my ear....: : : hands view slide: : : Threel guy: ! MUTATION? Oh, I see... so what do you suggest? DRTUNA: ! The matrix! It will have the answer! Threel guy: ! So my instincts were right....: : : mumbles to self: : : Threel guy: ! : : : Performs quick calculation: : : DRTUNA: ! This is all too coincidental. Rassilon, us, this virus. Something is being hidden from me! I MUST EXPOSE THIS! Threel guy: ! It would seem that the proper computation would be to : : : create a false regeneration DRTUNA: ! : : : The Doctor stomps away angrily towards the High Council Chamber.: : : Threel guy: ! Yes, of course! A false regeneration is just the thing to stop a level 5 virus! Thank you Doctor... Threel guy: ! : : : Just then notices the doctor has left: : : Threel guy: ! : : : chuckles to self: : : that Doctor always has had a way of sneaking out of a room: : : Threel guy: ! : : : quickly gets to work, computing and transferring metallic material and Timelord pixie dust Threel guy: ! : : : enters information into great matrix, and sends the antidotes through the air duct: : : Threel guy: ! Mumbles to self: : : I seem to be delirious... I can't remember now what it was that the Doctor said Threel guy: ! Lets just hope that I've sent out the right antidote in time! : : : falls to floor: : : Threel guy: ! : : : blacks out slowly, thinking of third regeneration, when she was much older and more Threel guy: pristine: : : TEGAN AND DELMIN ARE FLYING OVER THE SURFACE OF GALLIFREY MsTegan: * This is more fun! ! : : Floors it: : DanielC71: * : : : feels massive G-forces: : : NOW I'm scared! MsTegan: * Wheeeee! ! ! You ain't seen nothing yet: : Puts on head set, and banks sharply to the north: : DanielC71: * : : : Begins to hang on to various grips in Glider: : : MsTegan: * : : Hears a strange voice in her subconscious: : MsTegan: * : : Takes a look at Delmin and laughs: : DanielC71: * Heh heh heh yourself... DanielC71: * Hey, aren't we steering off course? We're supposed to fly due east. MsTegan: * : : The voice tells to divert from her flight plan: : MsTegan: * : : doesn't answer Delmin.: : DanielC71: * Trying to scare me, huh? MsTegan: * She veers severely to the right, towards a wasteland: : MsTegan: * : : seems in a trance: : DanielC71: * : : : gets thrown to the left: : : ! DanielC71: * : : : Sees something is wrong with TEGAN: : : DanielC71: * Oh great... MsTegan: * : : A blaze of light engulfs the plane as it enters the force field around the Death Zone: : DanielC71: * I wonder which is the auto-land button... DanielC71: * WHAT was THAT? MsTegan: * : : The plane enters the Death Zone: : DanielC71: * Land, TEGAN! MsTegan: * : : begins a spiraling descent : : DanielC71: * NOT THAT HARD! PULL UP! MsTegan: * : : She seems to have no control over the plane: : DanielC71: * : : : Hits EJECT button: : : MsTegan: * : : The plane sheers the tops off of trees: : MsTegan: * : : Lands HARD: : DanielC71: * : : : EJECT button dampens D & T's inertia: : : MsTegan: * : : Bounce bounce bounce along the ground, the plane lands at a dark tower: : DanielC71: * Guess we were too close to eject... DanielC71: *TEGAN , are you all right? MsTegan: * I'm fine Delmin. We must hurry. DanielC71: * No kidding we have to hurry! How long of a walk will it be back to the Citadel? MsTegan: * : : exits the plane: : MsTegan: * I go to the Tower DanielC71: * : : : Follows TEGAN: : : DanielC71: * What? : : : Grabs Tegan's arm: : : MsTegan: * turns to face Delmin: : Let me go. I go to the Tower! ! DanielC71: * No you don't! ! MsTegan: * : : turns to walk away, but is attacked by a cyborg thing: ; DanielC71: * : : : Tackles Grotox Crew Pirate that attacks: : : DanielC71: * Run! TEGAN! : : : pounds GCP: : : MsTegan: * : : does run, straight for the Tower: : DanielC71: * : : : GCP pounds Delmin also: : : DanielC71: * : : : KO's GCP, takes telepathic helmet: : : TEGAN may need this... : : : follows: : : MsTegan: * : : doesn't seem to care about Delmin: : MsTegan: * : : Keeps walking to the Tower: : DanielC71: * : : : Sprints up to and tackles her: : : MsTegan: * : : Falls to the ground: : Umph! ! DanielC71: * : : Forces helmet onto Tegan's head & activates jamming switch: : : MsTegan: * Let me go! Tries to get up, pounding Delmin DanielC71: * : : : Let's TEGAN up: : : Are you yourself again?! MsTegan: * : : Looks at Delmin, confused: : Where are we? DanielC71: * I don't know! You brought us here! MsTegan: * Yes, I think I'm okay. DanielC71: * I think you were possessed. MsTegan: * Oh no! I've been here before! This is Rassilon's Tower! DanielC71: * That name does not inspire me with confidence. MsTegan: * I must have been possessed I'd never come here on my own! DanielC71: * Well, let's see what he wants. : : : Cautiously enters Tower: : : MsTegan: * : : Hangs back, and reluctantly follows Delmin in: : DanielC71: * Do you know your way around? MsTegan: * To Delmin> I know where he is, he's in a tomb upstairs DanielC71: * : : : Sees checkerboard hallway: : : Oh no... Is this a trap? MsTegan: * It was last time. MsTegan: * But it seems like he brought us here on purpose this time, so it may not be DanielC71: * How do you get across? DanielC71: * Do YOU want to test it? MsTegan: * I don't remember, Oh Fardles, let's just go DanielC71: * NO! ! : : Grabs by the waist: : : DanielC71: * : : : She slips out of his grasp and crosses the checkerboard: : : MsTegan: * Walks across the checkerboard MsTegan: * See! I was right, let's get this over with.. MsTegan: * : :TEGAN and Delmin make their way to Rassilon's tomb: : DanielC71: * Mon Dieu, you scare me sometimes! : : : crosses to TEGAN: : : DanielC71: * : : : T& D enter tomb: : : MsTegan: * : : Is surprised by Delmin: : MsTegan: * : : Rassilon tries to control Tegan's mind again: : DanielC71: *TEGAN , are you all right? MsTegan: * No, Yes...I'm not sure, Delmin! Help me! My mind feels fuzzy.. IN THE CHAMBERS OF THE HIGH COUNCIL DRTUNA: @ : : : The Doctor enters the HC Chamber again! : : : DRTUNA: @ Flavia? A word! DRTUNA: @ Threel and I have just discovered a possible way to stop this virus. Gail Who: @ : : : turns quickly away from Castellan: : : Yes doctor? DRTUNA: @ I demand an explanation. Curiously, it seems a twin of Thremix's virus. DRTUNA: @ Why would a Rassilon-connected virus appear just now? DRTUNA: @ Flavia, you must be honest with me or I can't help you. Gail Who: @ I...I have no explanation! DRTUNA: @ DRTUNA: @ What! Alive! Making demands! Rassilon. He must be contained. DRTUNA: @ The greatest criminal in our history must not be loosed on the universe! IN THE TOMB OF RASSILON DRTUNA: + Ras> Who enters my tomb? DanielC71: + = Rassilon, & Delmin DanielC71: + Concentrate! The helmet should protect you! MsTegan: + : : Squeezes eyes shut and concentrates: : DRTUNA: + This is the game of Rassilon! DanielC71: + : : : Feels Rassilon inside his head too: : : Mon Dieu.... DanielC71: + GET OUT OF MY HEAD! MsTegan: + : : Takes Delmin's hand: : DanielC71: + : : : Squeeze Tegan's hand: : : DRTUNA: + My conquest has begun! MsTegan: + Yells at Rassilon WHY DID YOU BRING US HERE???????? DanielC71: + : : : Delmin collapses: : : MsTegan: + I won't help you, Rassilon! DanielC71: + Rassilon> But you must my dear... Or watch your friend's agony increase! DanielC71: + : : : Delmin begins to convulse: : : MsTegan: + You wouldn't dare! Leave him alone! He doesn't even know who the Dr. is! ! THE DOCTOR (#8) AND BEN ARE IN THE DEATH ZONE Timelordz: @ They begin walking in the desolation: : : : Timelordz: @ : : : : looks up and sees the Tower near by: : : : : BenJacksn: @ Doctor, I have a question Timelordz: @ : : turns to Ben: : Oh Come now Benjamin..Why the sad face? Timelordz: @ Certainly your still not brooding over Polly and Albert are you in Espace? BenJacksn: @ So what if it is Doctor? No I want you or him that is to take me to see my father Timelordz: @ THEY ARRIVE AT THE TOWER Timelordz: @ : : : stops ..feels his hair on back stand up: : : : Timelordz: @ Oh dear....I fear this game has just begun..... Timelordz: @ : : Ben and Doctor enter the Tower: : BenJacksn: @ : : : Ben doesn't feel so good: : : BenJacksn: @ Doctor, I feel funny Timelordz: @ right now Ben..the fate of Gallifrey is hanging in the balance..possibly the entire... Timelordz: universe BenJacksn: @ Again Doctor? BenJacksn: @ : : : Ben feels hot, tugs at the collar of his sweater: : : Timelordz: @ : : : turns around and faces Ben..Pulls glasses slightly down over nose: : : Timelordz: @ : looks up: : Rassilon..I am here BenJacksn: @ Doctor, do they always make these tombs so bloomin' 'ot? Timelordz: @ Come along Benjamin...: : : stops to see a chessboard on the floor: : : : IN THE TOMB OF RASSILON Timelordz: + : : : begins running into the Dark tower: : : Timelordz: + Oh Dear... Yes..But is...Tegan..if she's still that brassy Australian I knew Timelordz: She'll find away to keep Rassilon busy until we get there DanielC71: + Rassilon> Such a puny mind... your attempt to lie is noble but futile! MsTegan: + All right! ! I'll tell you anything, just leave him alone : : Runs to Delmin: : DanielC71: + : : : Delmin stops convulsing: : : DanielC71: + Ras> He will recover. But that helmet is a nuisance to me. Tell me what the Doctor is planning! DanielC71: + : : Delmin wakes & whispers: : : Don't tell him... MsTegan: + Well, how would I know that? You think he'd tell me? DanielC71: + Ras> Perhaps I don't need you after all. He's here! : : : smiles: : : DanielC71: + Rassilon> DOCTOR! MsTegan: + : : sees the Dr. and sighs in relief: : DanielC71: + Ras> More than ONE Doctor! I have your friend and Delmin! MsTegan: : : Removes the helmet and places it on Delmin to protect him form more abuse: : DanielC71: + Ras> Give yourselves up or they DIE! Timelordz: + Screams : : No Lord Rassilon release them! DanielC71: + : : : Delmin falls asleep thanks to helmet's influence: : : DanielC71: + Ras> Now tell me! ! WHAT IS HIS PLAN? MsTegan: + : : Screams in agony without the helmet: : MsTegan: + : : Has to say something: : DanielC71: + Ras> : : : Without the helmet, is vulnerable: : : MsTegan: + His...plan.. BenJacksn: + : : : Hears: : : We ...got... to ...save... DanielC71: + : : : Delmin wakes up, takes off helmet, throws it at Rassilon: : : MsTegan: + is... DanielC71: + Ras> AUUGHH! ! ! : : : Helmet exploded: : : MsTegan: + : : gasping, trying not to answer: : DanielC71: + Ras> A Foolish gesture, Delmin! MsTegan: + to stop.... DanielC71: + : : : Delmin falls to the ground clutching his head: : : : DanielC71: + DOCTOR! ! MsTegan: the kangaroos in Australia from going extinct! ! ! ! DanielC71: + Ha ha! ! Take that Rassilon! ! BenJacksn: + : : : Feels weak: : : : Doctor! Timelordz: + : : hears shouts: : Crossing the Chessboard: : Come on Ben..you can do it DanielC71: + Ras> What foolishness is THIS? MsTegan: : : screams again as Rassilon blasts her brain again: : Timelordz: + Don't fail me now young man! DanielC71: + Delmin> And he has to stop Troygon from buying all of Earth's tomatoes! DanielC71: + : : : Rassilon blasts Delmin: : : BenJacksn: + I'm comin' Doctor MsTegan: + : : Mutters with effort: : Yes, it's true.... his mission is to protect life MsTegan: + throughout the universe.. : : Tegan gets blasted by Rassilon Timelordz: + Enters the Tomb area sees TEGAN and Delmin: : : : DanielC71: + DOCTOR?! DanielC71: + Ras> DOCTOR! ! Timelordz: + : : : rushes over to them: : ? Are you all right? BenJacksn: + : : : Ben finds it hard to breathe, muscles ache: : : Timelordz: + SCREAMS NO! MsTegan: I feel faint, Dr.! DanielC71: + Ras> It has been a long time Doctor, but now YOU are in MY power! Timelordz: + Rassilon..whats happened to you? MsTegan: : : Slumps over Delmin: : DanielC71: + Ras> Happened? NOTHING but ETERNITY, Doctor! Timelordz: + You knew the risks of eternity Rassilon! You cant turn back the hands of time! DanielC71: + Ras> Oh but I can and WILL! MsTegan: + : : out cold: : DanielC71: + Ras> You will now tell me what you have in your mind... Timelordz: + : : slowly moving back towards the three companions: : : BenJacksn: + : : : moves to look at and Delmin, although the odor of Ben's sweat alone may wake them :::: Timelordz: + : : squints at Rassilon: : : Timelordz: + Rassilon would know what's in my mind! DanielC71: + Ras> Don't play these petty games, Doctor. I hold your LIVES in the balance. Timelordz: + : ;makes a mad dash and jumps towards the companions: : : : : Timelordz: + : : : Pulls out the RECALL DEVICE..and hits it: : : : : : DanielC71: + : : : Delmin wakes up under, picks her up w/ Ben's help, and carries her out: : : DanielC71: + Ras> NO! ! Timelordz: + ALL 4 ARE TMATTED TO THE HC BenJacksn: + : : : Ben is very ill: : : DanielC71: + Ras> You will not escape Doctor.... Not EVER! IN THE CHAMBERS OF THE HIGH COUNCIL Gail Who: & : : : Flavia takes the Castellan aside: : : Castellan Guy, we have a problem DoctorWho8: & Madame? Gail Who: & I understand the Doctor all too well Gail Who: & He will be fair to Rassillon and give him every chance to return... Gail Who: & The present of Gallifrey is threatened...and perhaps too the future. Gail Who: & Rassillon would be too dangerous here and now DoctorWho8: & So you want me to follow the earlier Doctor? DRTUNA: & Flavia, I demand we reinforce the energy barrier around the Dark Tower! Gail Who: & Doctor I agree with you! The Castellan and I were just discussing this Gail Who: & Rassilon's Tomb should be sealed forever DoctorWho8: & Shouldn't we stop your other self? Gail Who: & : : : mind thought memo to Castellan: the Doctor must also be sealed there: : : : Gail Who: & : : : he knows too much: : : DoctorWho8: & : : : but that would ruin his time lines: : : DRTUNA: & Flavia, but what of * you know who* and Ben who have gone to the Tower? DRTUNA: & Perhaps we can boost them out with an open ended transmat beam? It worked for the Master and I! Gail Who: & Well...he does have a way out... DoctorWho8: & Yes, that might work. DRTUNA: & Hmm, a recall device, right. DRTUNA: & It really is too bad Tegan and Delmin are missing all of this! DoctorWho8: & Are you sure about that? What if they have become......involved? DRTUNA: & I wonder how Threel is doing? Gail Who: & We must seal the Tomb! DRTUNA: & I agree. but first our * friends* must escape. I won't allow you to leave them there! Gail Who: & We cannot let...* I* cannot permit... Gallifrey or the universe to know the truth about Gail Who: & Rassillon! DRTUNA: & Why hide the truth? It is the data about the virus you erased which is now saving Gallifrey! DRTUNA: & Lock him away, but let him act as a warning and a lesson of the dangers of power! DoctorWho8: & Because no one can handle the truth. Gail Who: & : : : the Tmat activates in the high council chamber. Tegan, Delmin, Ben are with the 8th Doctor: : : DRTUNA: & , Delmin! What are you doing here? DanielC71: & Doctor, Rassilon is mad! ! Gail Who: & Flavia> They're back! Castellan, quick! MsTegan: & : : is groggy: : DanielC71: & : : : Sets down in a chair: : : Gail Who: & Activate the stronger force field! Timelordz: & : : : stands up: : : : Rassilon is unstable! DRTUNA: & Right, well I believe Flavia is going to keep him locked away! Gail Who: & Rassillon must not escape, nor his mental essence penetrate! DanielC71: & Unstable? Too right, mate! DoctorWho8: & : : : starts activating the new defense systems: : : DRTUNA: & A special punishment for a dangerous person. DanielC71: & Say, which one of you is the Doctor anyway? BenJacksn: & : : : Ben sits on the floor, burying his head in his hands: : : Timelordz: & I am DRTUNA: & Why, I imagine we both are, sort of, more or less. MsTegan: & : : Begins to cry softly: : MsTegan: & : : Moves to sit by Ben: ; DanielC71: & .... : : : Hugs her gently: : : Timelordz: & : : : ignores Flavia and moves to Tegan: : : Timelordz: Young Woman..are you crying? DanielC71: & Ben... my God, we're all messed up aren't we? DanielC71: & : : : Sits by Tegan & Ben: : : MsTegan: & : : Looks up, yes I am: : MsTegan: & : : Rassilon was in my brain, first the Mara, now Rassilon. It's too much! ! Timelordz: & : : squats down to face Tegan: : : ... BenJacksn: & Blimey, I feel 'alf dead DanielC71: & : : : to Ben: : : I feel the other half. Gail Who: & Now, the virus...Doctor, you will say * nothing* of this! DRTUNA: & You will quiet me? How can you do that? Gail Who: & Or you, too, shall find yourself stuck in a force field, I'm afraid. DRTUNA: & : : : Dr. regrets his question: : : Gail Who: & I suggest you put your efforts to better use by rounding up some of the criminals Gail Who: & That released from the prison planet after they met up with you and Salyavin! DoctorWho8: & Done. Unless Rassilon is a music lover, he won't be able to get through the defense systems ever. DRTUNA: & Just as I thought. I have fought evil all through time and space, but it is here, DRTUNA: & on my own home planet, that I should have had as a battleground. DRTUNA: & I can show you the truth, Flavia, but I cannot make you embrace it. DRTUNA: & You must bear the consequences of your deception! Gail Who: & Doctor, just be gone before the High Council takes stronger actions DRTUNA: & Very well. I am done with you. You deserve yourselves. MsTegan: & : : Buries her head in Delmin's shoulder and really bawls: : Timelordz: & Stands up: : : Gail Who: & Now take your companions and help heal them DanielC71: & : : : Puts his arms around Tegan: : : DRTUNA: & Ben, Senator, and, uh, honored sir, I will be in the, err, my Tardis. Gail Who: & And leave Gallifrey as it should be DanielC71: & Right Doctor... Doctors. Timelordz: & : : nods: : : DanielC71: & : : : Takes Ben's hand also: : : DRTUNA: & I don't want to give them a chance to change their minds and lock me away! Timelordz: & : : moves towards Flavia: : Timelordz: There is no other way? Gail Who: & : : : leaves the room with a sweep of her skirts: : : : Gail Who: & : : : nods to the Doctors on her way out: : : BenJacksn: & : : : Ben nearly passes out: : : MsTegan: : : Ben and Delmin get up : : DRTUNA: & : : : The Doctor marches angrily off to the landing bay. : : : Timelordz: : : mumbles: : Typical politician DanielC71: & : : : Catches Ben: : : Woah! On your feet sailor! Timelordz: No straight answer to a straight question MsTegan: : : reaches for Ben and helps him up: : DanielC71: & : : : Helps Ben back to the TARDIS: : : DanielC71: & : : : with Tegan: : : Timelordz: & : : : moments later also arrives in landing bay: : : : DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor enters his Tardis. He is very angry. : : : MsTegan: : : The three companions enter the Tardis as the doors whoosh shut: : Timelordz: & : : watches Tuna Enter his Tardis: : : : Timelordz: & : : : stands in the door of the other police box and watches the other fade away: : : : Timelordz: & : : : : glances up at Flavia in the wings: : : : Timelordz: & : : : nods head slowly and smirks: : Enters the other Tardis: : : : Timelordz: & : : : The OTHER Police Box Fades away {S Demat} FLAVIA AND THE CASTELLAN WATCH THE VISITORS LEAVE FROM A BALCONY Gail Who: $ : : : to Castellan: : : make sure those capsules demat immediately DoctorWho8: $ Yes, Madame President. Gail Who: & : : : Flavia's wearing a green velvet curtain dress BTW: : : Gail Who: $ send them a warning if need be, that the force field around Gallifrey will be strengthened Gail Who: $ to prevent their departure if they do not demat now THE TARDIS CREW APPROACHES THEIR TIMESHIP DRTUNA: # : : : The Doctor enters his Tardis. He is very angry. : : : MsTegan: : : The three companions enter the Tardis as the doors whoosh shut: : DanielC71: # : : :, Ben, and Delmin enter the TARDIS: : : DRTUNA: # Damn you Flavia. How can you justify continuing to accept the lies in our history? DanielC71: # Sounds like something I asked my father once. DanielC71: # : : : Helps Ben onto a chair: : : DRTUNA: # Hmm, force field building up. We had better go. DanielC71: # : : : Helps Tegan onto another chair: : : DanielC71: # : : : Has a seat on the floor: : : DRTUNA: # : : : Tardis takes off.: : : MsTegan: # That's okay, Delmin. I think I'll get us something to eat, then we'll all feel better. DRTUNA: # : : : Doctor to himself: : : I wish I could have gotten to know him a little better! Gail Who: {S dit} >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>PAUSE SIM<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Date: Sat, Sep 16, 1995 11:50 AM EST From: MsTegan Subj: Tegan's Log Tegan's Log 9-13-95 Sim Delmin tries to get Tegan to sit down in a chair to recover after their experience with Rassilon. Tegan shrugs off Delmin's attention and insists she's okay. "Look, I'll go and get us all something to eat," Tegan says a bit too forcefully. Then she rushes out of the room before anyone can stop her. Although surprised, Delmin makes NO attempt to follow her. The Doctor comments, "You are right to leave her for the moment, Delmin. When she's ready, she'll seek us out. She's a proud woman, and needs to sort things out in private first." Delmin> "Yes. But my fear is that she will try to be so strong that she'll tear herself apart. And I'm not too sure what happened to her down there." Doctor> "All in good time, all in good time. Perhaps you could tell *me* what happened to the two of you in the mean time." The Doctor deftly questions Delmin and gives Tegan a bit of time to herself. Back in the kitchen, Tegan decides to make chef salads, since no one seems to like her hash-me-gandy stew. "Besides," she thinks, "I feel like ripping something apart and tearing up a head of lettuce will do just fine." Trying to fight back tears she proceeds to shred lettuce with a vengence and chop carrots and tomatoes like a mad woman. "I am so tired of feeling like this. I'm tired of getting visibly upset and crying in front of the others all the time. I want to be stronger, braver. So what do I do? Bawl and carry on, that's what!! I knew some pretty bad stuff might happen to me if I joined up with the Doctor. I knew it wouldn't be easy. So why can't I take it when something happens to me? I guess anyone would have a hard time with Rassilon messing around inside their head.I just wish these galactic creeps would leave my head alone! The Mara, and Mr Marriner, and now Rassilon! It's just too much. I'll probably go freaking mad, if it happens again." Onions, and peppers, and cucumbers are flying in all directions as Tegan takes out her frustrations on the poor veggies. Absently, she takes four chilled plates, gathers the veggies, and arranges a salad on each one. She begins to grate parmesan cheese on top of each salad and suddenly stops. "I know what's getting to me this time. I can't remember all that happened to me! I finally got the chance to fly again, and I can't remember it??? I wouldn't deviate from an assigned flight plan, especially with a rented aircraft. Something most have gone terribly wrong! There's a big blank inside my head... I remember taking off, flying a bit, then waking up to Delmin putting a helmet on my head, and insisting I wear it. I don't know what happened to the plane, or why Delmin and I ended up in front of the Dark Tower." Tegan begins to freak out a bit. "Oh dear! I just can't stand this. I have to know what happened. And I hate this feeling of being out of control! There's only one person who can help me. I am going to have to talk to Delmin." Suddenly, she starts to cry again, the salads forgotten. Meanwhile, the Doctor notices that Ben is sitting off to the side and looks as if he's ill. The Doctor rushes to care for Ben, and Delmin slips away to find Tegan. He finds her in the kitchen, crying, and isn't certain how to react. He decides to allow her to greive in her own time and speak when she's ready. Delmin> "Tegan, these salads look fantastic. I'll take Ben and the Doctor's theirs. I'd like to eat in here with you if it's alright." Quickly trying to gather herself and stop crying, Tegan replies, "Yes, I think that's a good idea. I need to talk with you, Delmin." Delmin takes Ben and the Doctor their dinner and returns to the kitchen to eat with Tegan, who has regained her composure. Slowly, the two companions piece together what happened to them during their adventure. Delmin fills in the blanks for Tegan about how she was seemingly possessed and flew off course. How they entered a forcefield or something, and how Tegan safely landed the plane despite a faulty eject mechanism. He stresses how Tegan managed to save their lives, despite not being able to think for herself. He tells her about the Grotox Crew Pirate attack, and how he had to knock her out to get the cyborg's helmet on her to block whatever was controlling her mind. Tegan noticed that Delmin did not enjoy recounting how he had to knock her out. Tegan tells Delmin the story of her first encounter against Rassilon and the Dark Tower. About how she was with the Doctor in a previous regeneration at that time. Delmin finally gets to ask all the questions he has about Timelords and regeneration. He finds it fascinating, though hard to believe. Tegan tells him about the time she saw the Doctor regenerate before her very eyes. And how his personality is a bit different with each regeneration, but he's still the same person, with the same memories for the most part. She goes on to tell him that she has seen the Doctor with four different faces, and Delmin isn't sure if she's telling the truth or not, even though she seems to be sincere. Both companions feel a bit better after their talk. Tegan knows she is still a competent pilot. Delmin knows a bit more about the mysterious Doctor. After doing the dishes, they depart in friendship, exchanging smiles. Date: Sat, Sep 16, 1995 12:29 PM EST From: DanielC71 Subj: Delmin's journal Personal Diary of M. Daniel Delmin Location: TARDIS Relative Date: September 15, 2395 (?) Earth Ref. Date: n/a Has traveling through time lost its luster already? I imagined that somehow that the adventures the Doctor and Ben described would be more positive, more... swashbuckling, if you will. We've just taken off from Gallifrey, after phase two of our mission, and all I see are broken people. The Doctor is so furious he's rigid. He's talking even less than normal, except to pump me for information. Tegan was in tears over the mind control Rassilon put her through. To my shame, I hardly gave Ben a second glance, but he was nearly out on his feet. He looks like he's been beaten as far down as he can go. And apparently nothing consequential was accomplished. I had enough of this in the Senate. Right now, I'm not looking forward to the next landing, unless it's Galapagos II in my time, my era. How can Ben have endured this life far away from home for so long? But my own questions keep reoccuring: Is this as much as I can take? Am I still the pampered rich kid who goes home when the game gets too rough? Why do I always look for the easy way out? [end] Date: Sat, Sep 16, 1995 6:24 PM EST From: BenJacksn Subj: Ben's Log 9/13/95 Sim Ben's Log 9/13/95 Sim Ben was taken to his room by the Doctor. Ben barely could walk he was so ill, but he managed to get there regardless. The Doctor was concerned. How could Ben get sick from a virus designed to kill Timeords? We was sure humans were immune to it, as witness Tegan and Delmin. But here it was. Ben was very dehydrated and burning with fever. Once in his room, the Doctor quickly removed his Ben's drenced shirt and put him into his bed. Ben has been on edge lately, asking about visiting his father. The Doctor knew that was out of the question. Not only was there the possibility of Ben messing with the time stream, he could be endangered about finding out about the Leviathans. The Doctor knew someday Ben would have to know the truth about that. Just not now. The Leviathans? Could that be the reason Ben was sick? Or perhaps the Rani? Did her experiments on Ben change him far more than he imagine? Delmin came in with two salads Tegan had prepared for dinner. The Doctor thanked him, and told him that Ben would be fine after a day or two of rest. The Doctor simply told him Ben was sufffering from a stomach virus and that he shouldn't worry. Delmin didn't seem satisfied with that answer, but decided to leave anyway. The Doctor sat Ben up and forced him to drink a large amount of water. After which he placed several cold towels on Ben, settled him down to rest, took his salad and got up and left the room. Sure enough the next day Ben was feeling somewhat better. The worse seemed to be over, and he eagerly got out of bed. He was still a little wobbley, but he did manage to make it out to the library. It was a long time since he was here, which was a shame since it was by far his favorite room in the TARDIS. So big, yet so comfy, Ben always loved coming here to read or just to think things out. This time it was the former, he was in the mood for a good read. Pirates, or some good swashbuckling stuff. The Doctor's Log Tardis timecode: zx44.23a.776999.rel I need to think. As the console room might be frequented by my companions, and as I need to be alone, I retire to the old console room. I pilot the Tardis to Metabelis 3 in the distant past. I arrive at the site of the blue crystal centuries before life begins on that planet. I leave the Tardis and find the blue crystal. It always helps me to think clearly. I have a seat on the ground, in the dust, and gaze at it. This is a good place to think. I have shame. I am ashamed that the race that I come from refuses to recognize that our powers were born of murder and criminal intent. Their interests are not in truth or moral responsibility, but in political expediency. The High Council, and especially Flavia, are determined to keep power. It is no wonder that they fail to recognize the crime of Rassilon, they commit the same crime themselves -- placing their power above the lives of others. I am ashamed of Rassilon, so long revered as the founder and inspiration for Timelord society. Power mad, he slaughtered his people to gain his political agenda. Egomaniacally he refused to accept the reality of death. He plots his return to power from beyond the grave. He disgusts me. But, I have pride. I am proud of my friends, for their bravery and willingness to help others. They pay the psychic cost of this service through danger, suffering, and the experience of the unknown. They are wounded and exhausted, but they bear it well. If the High Council was composed of my companions in the Tardis it would be a far better universe. Tegan is brave beyond believing. She jousts with super-powerful evil minds and refuses to give in. Repeatedly they invade her private mental realm and terrorize her, but she stands strong, concerned about others at the risk of her own being. She cares for all of us, yet challenges our faulty pre-conceptions. I need that from her. Ben is steadfast in the face of terrors I cannot even tell him of. Troubled by his past, worried about his future, he is still able to deal with the realities of the present, and keeps us laughing during it. He is willing and able to critique me, to expose my self-obsessions, and to show me when I am not as sensitive to my companions as I should be. I need that from him. Daniel [why do I keep calling him Senator?] has proven to be a marvelous companion. He is technically skilled and interpersonally sensitive. He is already a valuable member of our crew. I suspect, with time, I will learn more about him, and him about me. I look forward to our adventures to come. Lastly, I am proud of myself. I have flaws and errors of judgment, but on the important matters I believe I have chosen correctly. I have chosen moral responsibility over power, freedom over safety, and loyalty over convenience. No one is more painfully aware of my many faults than I am, but compared to my Timelord peers I am relatively pleased with my past. I am angry and disappointed at the events on Gallifrey, past and present. But I know that I had proud and noble parents, I know that I have had a true and great love (enough for more lifetimes than I shall ever see), I know that I have had many brave and worthy companions in my adventures, and I know that I now travel with a group of brave and able companions who care about me and who I can trust. These contemplations have changed my anger into confidence. I would rather be here, fleeing my own people in (as Tegan would say) a rackety old Tardis heading for the known, than ensconced on Gallifrey as the ultimate master of time. What Rassilon would kill the universe for, I am glad to walk away from. The road lies open before me. The adventure has just begun. I will love you always, Lora. I walk back to the Tardis. I pat it on the side. Here we go again.